Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has become the latest star athlete to have his home burglarized during a game.
The burglary took place Monday evening at Burrow’s residence in Anderson Township, Ohio, while the quarterback was in Texas to face the Dallas Cowboys on “Monday Night Football.”
According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, a 22-year-old woman who works for Burrow called 911 around 11 p.m. after arriving home to find a bedroom window broken, the room trashed and several items missing.
Neither the value of the stolen items nor what exactly was taken from the home have been reported.
Burrow is just the latest in a recent string of sports stars to have their homes burglarized. In early October, Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes’ mansion was burglarized, as was Travis Kelce’s less than 24 hours later. This latest break-in occurred while the Chiefs were facing off in a home game against the New Orleans Saints.
In the NBA, Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. have also reported burglaries in recent months.
In a November memo obtained by The Associated Press, the NFL issued a security alert saying professional athletes’ homes had become “increasingly targeted for burglaries,” urging its players to take extra precautions to protect their property.
The NBA said the FBI linked at least some of the burglaries to “transnational South American theft groups” believed to be “sophisticated, well-organized networks incorporating advanced techniques and technologies, including pre-surveillance, drones and signal jamming devices.”
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