DALLAS — The home of Tyler Seguin, longtime leader of the Dallas Stars and seven-time NHL All-Star, was burglarized last month. This is the second robbery of a high-profile athlete in North Texas and the latest in a series of burglaries involving top professional players.
The FBI believes organized crime is targeting athletes. Their main focus is on cash and items that can be resold on the black market, such as jewelry, watches and luxury bags, authorities said.
Star of the Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic’s house on Guernsey Lane, located in the affluent neighborhood of Preston Hollow, was targeted around 10:30 p.m. on December 27.
On Monday, the Dallas Stars acknowledged the burglary of Seguin’s home in late November.
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“I can confirm that it happened,” a team official said, referring to Seguin’s theft.
Robbery at Seguin’s house
According to Dallas Police, officers responded to reports of a robbery on Yolanda Lane around 10:30 pm on November 29th. The police report said unknown suspects entered the victim’s home and took property.
The break-in occurred while Seguin was participating in a Stars home game. To make matters worse, Seguin suffered what officials said was an injury I could put it aside for six months after having surgery to repair a femoral acetabular impingement in the hip.
Seguin made NHL All-Star appearances in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. He was selected second overall by the Boston Bruins in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He won the Cup Stanley with the Bruins during his rookie season in 2011. He was traded to the Dallas Stars in 2013.
Seguin and Doncic have not publicly commented on their respective steals.
Other recent home burglaries of 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 Portis have had their homes targeted as part of a wider trend involving organized crime groups targeting high-profile athletes. ‘ houses
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“Easy money, it’s an easy win. You know they’re not going to be there; nobody’s going to be home,” said William Cutrer, owner of Onyx Solutions Group LLC, a Texas-based security and bodyguard company.
CBS uses Onyx Solutions for security-related services.
“We do everything from politicians, football players, athletes,” Cutrer told CBS News Texas last week.
Cutrer said crimes like the one at Doncic’s house have been common in Europe, but he sees it more often in the United States.
“We’ve seen a lot more crimes of opportunity emerge. However, sports players targeting is a new thing in the United States. It’s been happening in London, England,” Cutrer said. “They know when the matches are being played and the players’ houses get hit quite often.”
“There is one way to prepare: it’s to have us out all day and night and make sure nothing happens, as a low-profile presence,” he added.
The sudden stop at Doncic’s home came on the same day an Associated Press source confirmed the guard would be out for about a month before being re-evaluated for a calf injury suffered in the Christmas Day loss against the Timberwolves.