The Ohio State Highway Patrol has released dashcam footage showing a traffic stop and the eventual arrest of four men who are suspects in the December burglary of an Ohio home owned by Cincinnati Bengals star Joe Burrow.
The two-time Pro Bowl quarterback was playing against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, when the home was burglarized. Olivia Ponton, a model and social media influencer who was identified as Burrow’s employee in an incident report, was at the home at the time of the incident. But no one was injured during the break-in.
Burrow’s house was rifled through, according to a report from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
The four suspects, described as Chilean nationals, were arrested after “an ongoing investigation involving burglaries of multimillion-dollar homes in multiple states,” according to WLWT-TV, citing court documents.
Sergio Cabello, Bastian Morales, Jordan Sanchez and Alexander Chavez were arrested in Clark County after being pulled over by the Ohio State Highway Patrol Jan. 10, documents showed.
“All four males were identified as being illegally in the country or overstaying their permissions,” the arrest report said. All the men allegedly provided fake IDs.
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The video shows investigators searching through several bags located in the rear of an SUV.
Court documents noted that authorities found “an old LSU shirt and Bengals hat, believed to be stolen from the December 9, 2024 burglary in Hamilton County, Ohio.” Burrow played college football at LSU and lives in Hamilton County.
At one point during the traffic stop, the men told police they were traveling to Florida. A trooper then informed the group they were traveling in the wrong direction. The video later shows the trooper instructing the driver to step out of the vehicle and asking him to sit in the front of a police cruiser. Once the male was in the car, the trooper told him he wanted him to exit the SUV because he detected the smell of marijuana.
A search of the vehicle the suspects were traveling in also found “two Husky automatic center punch tools wrapped in a cloth towel.” During the video, an investigator described the tools as “window punchers.” The tools are believed to have been used by the South American Theft Group, according to authorities.
The four suspects face charges of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, participation in a criminal gang, possessing criminal tools and obstructing official business.
Ponton called her mother, Diane Ponton, and a 911 call was made as the break-in was happening, deputies reported.
“Someone is trying to break into the house right now,” Diane Ponton was heard saying on the recorded 911 call. “My daughter is there. This is Joe Burrow’s house. She is staying there. He’s at the football game. She’s wondering what she should do, if she should be hiding or if she should go outside.”
Burrow broke his silence a few days after the break-in, saying it left him feeling “violated.”
“So, obviously, everybody has heard what has happened. I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one. And way more is already out there than I would want out there and that I care to share, so that’s all I got to say about that,” Burrow told reporters in December.
“We live a public life, and one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy. And that has been difficult for me to deal with my entire career. Still learning. But I understand it’s the life that we choose. Doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.”
The NFL released a memo earlier this year urging players to be on high alert after homes owned by Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were burglarized.
In November, the NBA sent a memo to team officials after Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley were victims of home invasions.
Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.
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