Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is the latest professional athlete to fall victim to a home invasion

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is the latest professional athlete to fall victim to a home invasion

The Ohio home of star Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was broken into this week, the latest high-profile athlete to fall victim to such a crime.

According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the quarterback’s home in Anderson Township was broken into between Sunday afternoon and Monday night.

The incident was reported around 11 p.m. Monday, according to an incident report. Burrow and his teammates were in Arlington, Texas, on Monday night playing against the Dallas Cowboys, a game the Bengals won.

Officials said in the report that a woman who works for Burrow told officers that when she arrived at the home in suburban Cincinnati, she found a bedroom window broken and the room had been ransacked. The report said Burrow was out of town and could not provide details about what may have been taken.

However, the woman provided officers with a “non-detailed list of items that may have been missing,” the report said. Officers also contacted neighbors looking for possible surveillance footage that could identify suspects.

A representative for Burrow and the Bengals did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

Burrow joins a growing list of high-profile athletes, including Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, who have reported home invasions in recent months.

The NFL and NBA have warned their athletes about “well-organized, sophisticated” transnational crime rings and urged players to keep valuables safe and be careful about publicly disclosing information about their whereabouts, homes and luxury goods they may own.

The FBI announced last month that it was working with local law enforcement agencies to determine whether a recent spate of break-ins at the homes of professional athletes was linked to a transnational crime ring.

Authorities have not determined whether the Burrow break-in is related.

In October, Mahomes and Kelce’s homes were burglarized just hours apart, authorities and police reports said. The reports emerged around the time the Chiefs were playing a home game.

According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, officers were dispatched to Mahomes’ home in Belton, Missouri, just after midnight on October 6. A report did not indicate whether anything was stolen.

Kelce’s home, about 10 miles away in Leawood, Kansas, was broken into the next day. According to a police report obtained by Kansas City NBC affiliate KSHB, $20,000 was taken.

Athletes from other professional sports have also recently had their homes broken into.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis posted a video on Instagram on November 3 in which he said that “valuable possessions” were stolen from his home during his team’s game the previous day.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune also reported in September that thieves broke into the home of Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. while he was at a Minnesota Vikings game.

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