News Roundup

Thieves broke into a gallery of the Louvre Museum in Paris early Sunday morning, stole some of France’s priceless crown jewels, and escaped on scooters, as reported by the BBC and the NYT. Around 9:30 a.m. (local time), shortly after the museum had opened to visitors, four masked thieves used a vehicle-mounted electric ladder to gain access to a balcony overlooking the River Seine. Two thieves cut through a window with a disc cutter – setting off security alarms – and entered the Galerie d’Apollon, where they threatened security guards and stole items from two display cases. The thieves snatched eight objects, including a sapphire necklace, an emerald necklace, and a diadem worn by Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III. Read on for more criminal law news. Lego My Legos. Robert Lopez, 39, was arrested last week in Lake County, California, after Santa Rosa police discovered tens of thousands of stolen Legos at his house, per this story from the NYT. Tubs and bins were filled with loose pieces, unopened sets lined the hallway floors, and hundreds of disembodied plastic heads on trays were organized in neat rows by facial expression. According to police, Lopez was directing others to steal expensive Lego sets, purchasing the stolen property at a reduced price, and then reselling the sets or individual minifigures at inflated prices. Police added that Lopez’s garage contained about 100 assembled minifigures displayed on shelves, along with more unopened sets, tubs of pieces, and broken-down packaging. Lopez was charged with [...]