Inside the alleged burglary ring that targeted athletes’ homes and used a NYC diamond shop to flip possessions Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are among the athletes whose goods were stolen by the high-end theft organizations.
Town, a former Timberwolves player who moved to the New York Knicks, had about $100,000 worth of items stolen from his home, Chief Nelson said.
The FBI briefed the NBA’s Chief Security Officer Leon Newsome, a Secret Service veteran, and senior officials across the U.S. sporting leagues late last year following a recent spate of robberies at professional athletes’ homes.
Dozens of luxury items were seized from the pawn brokers on Manhattan’s West 47th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, while investigators recovered sports memorabilia, wine and other high-end goods from a New Jersey storage unit on Tuesday.
One day before the Kansas City Chief defeated the New Orleans Saints 26-13, their quarterback had his house ransacked.
