Tyler Seguin joins Luka Doncic on checklist of high-profile dwelling burglaries in Dallas
DALLAS — The house of Tyler Seguin, a longtime Dallas Stars chief and seven-time NHL All-Star, was burglarized final month. That is the second housebreaking of a high-profile athlete in North Texas and the most recent in a string of break-ins affecting top-notch skilled gamers.
The FBI believes organized crime is concentrating on the athletes. Their major focus is on money and gadgets that may be resold on the black market, corresponding to jewellery, watches and luxurious luggage, authorities mentioned.
Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic’s dwelling on Guernsey Lane, located throughout the prosperous Preston Hole neighborhood, was focused at about 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 27.
On Monday, the Dallas Stars acknowledged the housebreaking of Seguin’s dwelling in late November.
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“I can affirm that it did occur,” a crew official mentioned, referring to the Seguin housebreaking.
Seguin’s dwelling housebreaking
In line with Dallas police, officers responded to experiences of a housebreaking on Yolanda Lane at about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 29. The police report mentioned unknown suspects entered the sufferer’s dwelling and took property.
The break-in occurred whereas Seguin was taking part in a Stars dwelling sport. To make issues worse, Seguin suffered harm that officers mentioned may sideline him for six months after having to get surgical procedure to restore a femoral acetabular impingement on his hip.
Seguin made NHL All-Star appearances in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. He was drafted second general by the Boston Bruins within the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He gained the Stanley Cup with the Bruins throughout his rookie season in 2011. He was traded to the Dallas Stars in 2013.
Seguin and Doncic haven’t publicly commented on their respective burglaries.
Different current dwelling burglaries of NFL and NBA gamers
Along with Seguin and Doncic, NFL stars Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow and NBA gamers Jaylen Brown, Mike Conley Jr. and Bobby Portis have had their properties focused as a part of the bigger pattern involving organized crime teams concentrating on high-profile athletes’ properties.
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“Straightforward cash, it is a simple win. You already know they don’t seem to be gonna be there; there’s not gonna be anybody dwelling,” mentioned William Cutrer, proprietor of Onyx Options Group LLC, a Texas-based bodyguard and safety firm.
CBS makes use of Onyx Options for security-related companies.
“We do anyplace from politicians, soccer gamers, sports activities gamers,” Cutrer instructed CBS Information Texas final week.
Cutrer mentioned crimes just like the one on Doncic’s dwelling have been widespread in Europe, however he is seeing it extra usually within the U.S.
“We have been seeing much more crimes of alternative come up. Nonetheless, sports activities gamers getting focused is just new in America. It has been occurring in London, England,” Cutrer mentioned. “They know when the video games are being performed, and the gamers’ homes get hit very often.”
“There’s one solution to put together: it is to have us on the market all day and night time and ensure nothing occurs, sort of like a low-profile presence,” he added.
The break-in at Doncic’s dwelling occurred the identical day an Related Press supply confirmed that the guard could be sidelined for a few month earlier than being re-evaluated for a calf harm sustained in a Christmas Day loss to the Timberwolves.
