DALLAS — Longtime Dallas Stars leader and seven-time NHL All-Star Tyler Seguin’s home was burglarized last month. This is the second robbery of a high-profile athlete in North Texas, and the latest in a series of break-ins that have affected top professional athletes.
of FBI believes organized crime is targeting athletes. Authorities say their main focus is cash and items that can be resold on the black market, such as jewelry, watches and luxury bags.
Dallas Mavericks star players Luka Doncic’s houseis located within the affluent Preston Hollow neighborhood and was targeted around 10:30pm on December 27th.
On Monday, the Dallas Stars admitted to breaking into Seguin’s home in late November.
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“We can confirm that it actually happened,” a team official said of Seguin’s robbery.
Mr. Seguin’s home robbery
According to Dallas Police, officers responded to a report of a robbery at Seguin’s home in North Dallas on Nov. 29 around 10:30 p.m. According to a police report, unknown suspects entered the victim’s home and stole property.
The break-in occurred while Seguin was attending a Stars home game. To make matters worse, Seguin suffered an injury and had to undergo surgery to repair a femoroacetabular impingement in his hip, leading officials to announce that he could be sidelined for six months.
Seguin was an NHL All-Star in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. He was selected 2nd overall by the Boston Bruins in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He won a Stanley Cup with the Bruins in his rookie season in 2011, and was traded to the Dallas Stars in 2013.
Seguin and Doncic have not publicly commented on their respective robberies.
Other recent home robberies against NFL and NBA players
In addition to Seguin and Doncic, NFL stars Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Joe Burrow, as well as NBA players Jaylen Brown, Mike Conley Jr., and Bobby Portis have also been linked to organizations targeting high-profile athletes. The home was targeted as part of a larger trend involving criminal groups. ‘house.
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“It’s easy money, it’s easy to win,” said William Cutler, owner of Texas-based bodyguard and security company Onyx Solutions Group LLC. No one will come,” he said.
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“I’ll do it for politicians, football players, athletes, anywhere,” Cutler told CBS News Texas last week.
Cutler said crimes like the one at Doncic’s home are common in Europe, but they happen more frequently in the United States.
“We’ve seen more crimes of opportunity occur, but this is the first time in the United States that an athlete has been targeted. It’s also happened in London, England,” Cutler said. . “They know when matches are being played and players’ homes are frequently raided.”
“There’s one way to prepare, and that’s to have us out there day and night and be invisible, so nothing happens,” he added.
The break-in at Doncic’s home occurred on the same day that Associated Press sources confirmed that Doncic will be sidelined for about a month before being re-examined due to a calf injury sustained in a loss to the Timberwolves on Christmas Day. did.
