The NFL has issued a information alert to each teams and players pursuing the caller burglaries of Kansas City Chiefs duo Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes.
After Kelce and Mahomes' Kansas-based properties were raided by thieves past month, the league has sent a informing to team information directors and the players' national this week astir organized and skilled criminals that are targeting the homes of nonrecreational athletes.
On Wednesday it was revealed that constabulary judge a South American crime ring is down the caller burglaries of Kelce and Mahomes' mansions.
The FBI has been investigating the incidents, arsenic good arsenic the burglary of 1 different existent NFL player's home, and are convinced that the thieves are portion of a wider underworld organization.
'It's legit,' an insider is quoted arsenic saying, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. 'It's a transnational transgression ring, and implicit the past 3 weeks, they've focused connected NBA and NFL players, and it's each implicit the country.'
Mahomes and Kelce saw their homes raided past month, with the second thought to have lost $100,000 successful jewelry and his archetypal ever Super Bowl jersey.
The NFL has issued a information alert aft the burglaries of Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes
Kansas City backmost Mahomes reportedly mislaid jerseys, medals, trophies, awards and more, portion the crooks are besides believed to person swiped jewelry and decorator bags belonging to his woman Brittany.
Reports suggest helium and Kelce whitethorn person been 2 victims successful a 'calculated' spree pursuing different burglaries involving athletes near Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
Burglars are said to person targeted Mahomes' Belton pad astatine astir midnight connected October 6. Kelce's $6million spot crossed the borderline successful Kansas was past breached into soon aft connected October 7, the time the Chiefs faced the New Orleans Saints astatine Arrowhead Stadium with Taylor Swift watching connected successful the stands.
Earlier this month, NBA prima Bobby Portis said thieves broke successful and took 'most of his prized possessions' portion helium was connected tribunal for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Following the burglaries, Mahomes is said to person wasted nary clip successful trying to guarantee determination was nary repetition of the burglary astatine his Belton mansion.
It's claimed the 29-year-old beefed up security at the location conscionable days later, portion his gated assemblage has besides taken other measures to debar immoderate much break-ins.
Mahomes past week broke his silence connected the robbery. 'Obviously, it's frustrating. It's disappointing,' the backmost said.
'Obviously thing that you don't privation to person hap to truly anybody. But evidently yourself.'
Mahomes and Kelce some unrecorded successful the Kansas City suburbs, astir fractional an hr from Arrowhead Stadium. Kelce moved into his caller location successful Leawood, Kansas past year, portion the Mahomes household resides successful Belton, Missouri.