NFL, NBA pass players astir burglaries
A Seattle antheral was charged Friday with a drawstring of burglaries that targeted salient current and erstwhile shot and shot players.
Earl Enderson Riley IV, 21, was charged with respective counts of residential burglary successful some occupied and unoccupied homes, on with first-degree robbery, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors allege Riley was the ringleader successful a bid of burglaries that began successful February and progressive stealing much than $6,000 successful Louis Vuitton bags from Seattle Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo's home. He besides allegedly stole much than $194,000 successful high-end purses and jewelry from the location of the Mariners' halfway fielder, Julio Rodriguez.
The thefts besides progressive taking respective watches worthy much than $100,000 from erstwhile Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman's location and a burglary astatine the location of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell, who is from Washington, though thing was stolen successful that instance, according to tribunal documents. Prosecutors accidental determination was besides an attempted burglary astatine shot Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez's home.
"All radical merit to consciousness harmless successful their homes, and our bureau volition proceed to clasp radical accountable for transgression behavior," King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion said successful a statement.
The apprehension marks the latest illustration of well-known nonrecreational athletes being targeted successful location thefts crossed the U.S. successful caller months. The players person been targeted due to the fact that of the high-end products believed to beryllium successful their homes and sometimes the thefts hap erstwhile they are distant with their teams for roadworthy games.
In December, the FBI warned sports leagues astir transgression organizations targeting nonrecreational athletes. The advisory said that astatine slightest 9 nonrecreational athletes astatine the clip had been targeted successful a rash of forced entries into their homes betwixt September and November, sources told CBS News astatine the time. At the aforesaid time, the NFL and NBA issued information alerts aft the homes of specified prima athletes arsenic Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Luka Doncic were burglarized.
Riley is being held successful the King County Jail connected $1 cardinal bail. It was not instantly wide whether helium had a lawyer. The King County Department of Public Defense did not instantly respond to an email from The Associated Press.
The charges were the effect of a monthslong probe successful which the county's prosecuting attorney's bureau worked with six constabulary jurisdictions.
Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Gary Ernsdorff said successful a connection that their enactment is not over.
"We inactive privation to spell and place everybody who was progressive and spot if determination are further radical that we tin person capable grounds to charge," helium said.
Riley is expected to participate his archetypal plea successful tribunal during his arraignment connected June 16.
He has different pending lawsuit successful King County Superior Court successful which helium is charged with attempting to elude a pursuing constabulary conveyance and unlawful possession of a firearm successful the archetypal degree.
Caitlin O'Kane and Robert Legare contributed to this report.
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