Sacramento police seek tips to find stolen portion of Del Paso Boulevard statue
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- Sacramento police ask public to help find a stolen portion of a bronze statue.
- The statue 'Happiness' sculpted by Numan Begovic was installed on Del Paso Boulevard.
- Police said the portion of the statue was stolen on Dec. 6 from the center median.
The Sacramento Police Department on Sunday asked the public to help investigators find a portion of a bronze statue stolen earlier this month from a center median on Del Paso Boulevard.
The statue of a woman and little girl is titled “Happiness” and was sculpted by Sacramento artist Numan Begovic, according to the Public Art Archive.
The sculpture in Old North Sacramento is one of Begovic’s several public art installations in the Sacramento area, including the “Remembering Rancho Del Paso” statue of a horse also installed on a center median on Del Paso Boulevard.
A portion of the bronze “Happiness” statue, which was installed in 2007 in the 2100 block of Del Paso Boulevard near the North Sacramento Hagginwood Library between Oakmont and Cantalier streets, was stolen on Dec. 6, according to Sacramento police social media posts.
Officer Allison Smith, a Sacramento police spokesperson, said the woman with a sunhat on in the statue has been stolen.
Police officials were asking anyone with information about this theft to call the Police Department at 916-808-5471. They said “no tip is too small.”
This story was originally published December 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM.
