Oakland's Marcus bookstore was hit by a bizarre smash-and-grab theft when the suspect broke a window and stole $80 worth of books.Owners of a small Oakland bookstore featuring Black authors are dealing with a puzzling break-in. Recently, a well-dressed suspect was caught on camera smashing the store's window but what they took is the real mystery. It's not the first break-in to happen there.
Richardson says her family-owned business, Marcus Books in Oakland, deserves better after a puzzling smash-and-grab burglary on Sunday. Richardson says the suspect only took four books and used a 10-pound piece of asphalt to bust the window. Their parents opened the store in the 1960s as one of the first bookstores in the Bay Area to feature works by Black authors."It's the wild, wild west out there now. Seems people don't expect any consequences. We're just another target," Blanche Richardson said.Burglaries in Oakland appear to be on the rise. Oakland Police say as of Nov.
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