4 arrested in connection with burglary at Joe Burrow's house
Four Chilean nationals were arrested in an apparent connection with the burglary that occurred at Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow's home in December, according to court records.
On Jan. 10, a special agent with the Ohio State Highway Patrol spotted suspicious luggage being carried into a vehicle outside of a hotel in Fairborn, Ohio, according to court records.
When the agent pulled the car over, Alexander Chavez, Bastian Morales, Jordan Sanchez and Sergio Cabello allegedly showed the agent fake identification. The car smelled of marijuana and it was later confirmed that the four men were in the country illegally, court records filed in Clark County, Ohio, say.
When police searched the car, they say they found "two Husky automatic center punch pools wrapped in a cloth towel behind the glove box."
Police say these tools are used by South American theft groups to break glass and enter houses.
The affidavit says that in the vehicle police found an "old LSU shirt and Bengals hat believed to be stolen from the December 9, 2024 burglary in Hamilton County, Ohio."
Burrow's home in Hamilton County was burglarized on Dec. 9, according to police records.
The affidavit says the men were brought to the Clark County Sheriff's Office for further questioning. When a detective called one of the cell phone numbers that was placed at the scene of the burglary via cellphone data, Morales' phone started ringing, according to court records.
Morales was also seen allegedly carrying a Louis Vuitton style bag and was previously identified "as a male possibly involved in a burglary offense" on the day of the incident at Burrow's home.
"This is an ongoing investigating involving multiple burglaries across the United States of America, specifically targeting multi-million dollar residences and your affiant and brother investigators have arrested at least six different South American burglary groups, five of which were Chilean nationals," a criminal complaint says.
