Four Chileans living in the United States have been illegally arrested in connection with the robbery of NFL player Joe Burrow's home.
The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback was robbed on December 9, 2024, while 23-year-old Sports Illustrated model Olivia Ponton was at her home. The young woman called the police, who called her mother, who also called the police.
Illegal immigrants were spotted by Ohio State Highway Patrol special agents loading suspicious items into cars outside a hotel in Fairborn, Ohio, ABC News reported. reported.
Investigators then stopped the vehicle and smelled marijuana and determined that the four people were in the country illegally.
The suspects are named Alexander Chavez, Bastian Morales, Jordan Sanchez and Sergio Cabello, according to court records from Clark County, Ohio, obtained by multiple news outlets.
When police searched the car, they found “two Husky automatic center punches.” [tools] It was wrapped in a cloth towel behind the glove box. ”
Investigators say these tools are used by criminals in South America to break windows before entering homes.
“…We’re specifically targeting multi-million dollar homes.”
Police also said the vehicle was loaded with “old LSU shirts and Bengals hats believed to have been stolen during a robbery in Hamilton County, Ohio on December 9, 2024.”
Report obtained by police fox news He said the men were also involved in a series of burglaries at multi-million dollar homes.
The illegal immigrants also reportedly told police they came to Ohio just to see snow.
When the men were taken to the Clark County Sheriff's Office for questioning, detectives called one of the cell phone numbers that was calling a cell phone tower in the quarterback's neighborhood at the time of the robbery. I put it on. Police said one of the suspects, Morales,'s phone started ringing.
Morales was seen carrying a brand-name bag and was identified on the day of the robbery at Vallow's home as a “male who may have been involved in the robbery.”
“This is an ongoing investigation involving multiple robberies throughout the United States,” the criminal complaint states.
It added that the robbers were “particularly targeting multi-million dollar homes” and members of at least six different South American gangs were arrested, five of them from Chile.
In November, the NFL issued a warning to teams about the potential for cross-border crews to rob players' homes.
Burglaries at the homes of athletes have been on the rise recently, including those of Kansas City Chiefs players Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, and NHL player Evgeni Malkin, in addition to Burrow. .
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