Tyler Seguin joins Luka Doncic on list of high-profile home burglaries in Dallas
Dallas—— The home of longtime Dallas Stars leader and seven-time NHL All-Star Tyler Seguin was burglarized last month. This is the second burglary involving a high-profile athlete in North Texas and the latest in a series of burglaries affecting top professional athletes.
this FBI believes organized crime is targeting athletes. Authorities said their main targets were cash and items that could be resold on the black market, such as jewelry, watches and luxury bags.
dallas mavericks star Luka Doncic’s home The attack occurred on Guernsey Lane in the affluent Preston Hollow neighborhood around 10:30 p.m. on December 27.
The Dallas Stars admitted Monday that Seguin’s home was burglarized in late November.
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“I can confirm that this did happen,” a team official said of the Seguin burglary.
Seguin’s home was burgled
According to Dallas police, officers responded to a report of a burglary on Yolanda Lane around 10:30 p.m. on November 29. Police reported that 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, officials said, Seguin was injured Could keep him out for six months After having to undergo surgery to repair femoroacetabular impingement in the hip.
Seguin was an NHL All-Star in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. He was selected second overall by the Boston Bruins in the 2010 NHL Draft. In his rookie season in 2011, he won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins. In 2013, he was traded to the Dallas Stars.
Seguin and Doncic have yet to publicly comment on their respective burglaries.
Other recent burglaries involving NFL and NBA players
In addition to Seguin and Doncic, NFL stars Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow and NBA players Jaylen Brown, Mike Conley Jr. and Bobby Potee His home was also raided, part of a broader trend of organized crime gangs targeting high-profile athletes. ‘ Home.
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“The money is easy, the victory is easy,” said William Cutrer, owner of Onyx Solutions Group LLC, a Texas-based bodyguard and security company. “You know they’re not going to be there; no one’s going to be home.”
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“We do things like politicians, football players, sports players,” Cutler told CBS News Texas last week.
Cutrell said crimes like the one at Doncic’s home are common in Europe, but he’s more common in the U.S.
“We are seeing more and more opportunities for crime of opportunity. However, sports athletes being targeted is just happening in the United States. It has also happened in London, England,” Cutler said. “They knew when games were being played and players’ houses were often raided.”
“One way to prepare is to have us there day and night to make sure nothing happens, kind of like a low-key presence,” he added.
The break-in at Doncic’s home came on the same day that AP sources confirmed the guard will miss about a month before being re-evaluated due to a calf injury sustained in a Christmas Day loss to the Timberwolves.
