Seven Chilean citizens were charged with conspiracy to hire the property stolen in intercovery after they allegedly stolen from the houses of professional athletes.
After a Federation of criminal complaint The defendants, who were not sealed in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, have sought athletes in the United States since October and carried out well -planned burglaries of their houses while playing in games. If they are convicted, the accused are a maximum of 10 years in prison.
Apparently the suspects could not burden themselves. Three of the accused – Pablo Zuniga Cartes, 24, Ignacio Zuniga Cartes (20) and Bastian Jimenez Freraud (27 Milwaukee Bucks players Bobby Portis. According to the complaint, the value of the stolen real estate was approximately 1.484 million dollars.
Dodgers, Rams and LAFC players were among the targeted ones, but it is unclear whether these burglaries are connected to other organized South American theft groups.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the home of the LAFC striker Olivier Giroud was the goal of a break -in at the beginning of this month. The police said they answered on February 5 to a report about a smashed window on the upper floor and the break -in. Sources of law enforcement agreed that objects worth half a million dollars were taken from the house, including more expensive watches.
The Infieldder Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman from Dodgers in Los Angeles were broken into in 2023. Muncy's house was collapsed by two suspects while he and his family were in the Dodger stage. Freeman's house was also broken in when he was gone.
Thieves took jewelry worth 30,000 US dollars Luka Doncics at home In Dallas when he was traveling on December 30th before the superstar guard was traded by the Mavericks to the Lakers. And the medina, Minn., Home of Mike Conley Jr. was broken into while the guard played in a game with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Although the names of the victims were omitted from the federal complaint, the data and locations of the burglaries are combined with several top -class thefts that have been reported.
The houses of the Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were broken into by jewelry, watches, cash and other luxury goods on October 5 and 7. The second slump occurred while the team played a game.
Also described in the complaint, the home of a Tampa Bay Buccaners player was collapsed while the team played a home game. Jewelry and a firearm were stolen.
Three Chilean men were charged in the Hamilton County in connection with the break -in of the house of Cincinnati Bengal, Joe Burrow's house in Anderson township.
(Hamilton County public prosecutor)
The quarterback from Cincinnati Bengals, Joe Burrow, had his community Anderson in Ohio, broken home in a game in Dallas on December 9th. In the complaint, the date of a break -in at a “Cincinnati player house” as on December 9th. In an earlier court registration, some of the same accused were accused of stealing designer luggage, watches and jewelry from Burrow's house worth 300,000 USD.
Photos showed a suspect that wore a bright necklace with Burrows No. 9 jersey number. Sergio Ortega Cabello, 38, rented a car in Florida with a fraudulent Argentine ID card and, according to the public prosecutor, allegedly used it.
A Federal Grand Jury in Cincinnati charged on February 5th Cabello, Jordan Quiroga Sanchez (22) and Bastian Orellano Morales (23) with the transport of stolen goods in between and forgery records in a federal examination in connection with the burglary of the Burrow.
“Our investigation has not yet been completed because these people seem to be the alleged tip of the iceberg of South American theft groups, commit crimes in our district and elsewhere,” Us -Aty. Kenneth L. Parker said after the fees were submitted. “We owe it to the victims whether they are professional athletes or not to adhere to the evidence of these alleged criminal networks and to hold the legal breakers into account.
“I cannot thank our law enforcement partners enough to work together to work together to track down these perpetrators. Today is a day when the law enforcement authorities have achieved and moved the ball. “
The theft rate prompted the FBI to give sports leagues a warning, in which it was found that crime groups aimed at the houses of athletes in order to pursue cash and valuables. The FBI bulletin said that members carry out criminal gangs “physical and technical surveillance in order to prepare for these burglaries.
“Organized theft groups avoid alarm systems, use Wi-Fi distorted transmitters to block Wi-Fi compounds and deactivate devices, cover monitoring cameras and to disguise their identity,” continued the FBI bulletin.
In a warning that the NFL published to the players in November, the league said that thieves “seem to take advantage of the team plans for the target of the houses of athletes on match days”.
According to NFL.com, the players were recommended not to share their location in real time in real time in real time in real time. The warning, which was shared in the latest FBI report, repeated this advice and also recommended that athletes closely inventor their valuables and fail to share images of the interior of their houses on social media.
In addition to Pablo Zuniga Cartes, Ignacio Zuniga Cartes, Cabello, Frera, Sanchez and Morales, Alexander Huiaguil Chavez, 24, was charged as part of the South American theft group.
Times Staff Writer Richard Winton contributed to this report.