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Burrow’s home burglarized; Unknown if break-in is linked to others targeting sports stars [Video]

AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. CINCINNATI BENGALS QUARTERBACK JOE BURROW BECOMING THE LATEST PRO ATHLETE TO HAVE HIS HOME BROKEN INTO WHILE PLAYING IN A GAME. BURROW JOINS BUCKS STAR BOBBY PORTIS AND CHIEFS STARS PATRICK MAHOMES AND TRAVIS KELCE. THE BREAK-IN HAPPENING WHILE BURROW WAS PLAYING AND MANY OF YOU WERE WATCHING ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT. YEAH. THATS RIGHT. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JAMES STRATTON LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM FOR US TONIGHT. JAMES, BURGLARS AT BURROWS HOME BROKEN A BEDROOM WINDOW. AND, BLAKE, ITS THE SAME WAY THIEVES BROKE INTO THE HOME OF BOBBY PORTIS HERE IN RIVER HILLS. WHILE OHIO DEPUTIES SAY ITS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF BURROWS BURGLARY IS CONNECTED TO THOSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MOST ATHLETES WERE EITHER ON THE COURT OR FIELD WHEN BURGLARS BROKE IN TONIGHT. POLICE IN SOUTHERN OHIO ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY AT THE HOME OF CINCINNATI BENGALS STAR QB JOE BURROW. SOMEONE IS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. MY DAUGHTER IS THERE. THIS IS JOE BURROWS HOUSE. 911 CALLS, INCLUDING ONE FROM SOMEONE INSIDE THE HOME. WHILE BURROW WAS ON THE FIELD IN DALLAS PLAYING THE COWBOYS DESCRIBED THE BREAK IN. SOMEONE BROKE INTO MY HOUSE. IT, LIKE, COMPLETELY MESSED UP. ACCORDING TO OUR SISTER STATION, WLW IN CINCINNATI, CITING NINE-ONE-ONE CALLS AND RADIO TRAFFIC, A POLICE OFFICER WAS WORKING SECURITY DETAIL AT BURROWS HOME AT THE TIME. THEY REPORT BURGLARS BROKE A BEDROOM WINDOW AND RANSACKED A BEDROOM. VIDEO FROM ABOVE SHOWS A BOARD OVER A WINDOW AT THE HOME THIS MORNING IN OUR AREA. RIVER HILLS POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL GAINER TELLS 12 NEWS INVESTIGATES. THIEVES IN THIS VIDEO ARE ALSO BREAKING INTO A BEDROOM WINDOW TO GET INTO THE HOME OF BUCKS STAR BOBBY PORTIS. CHIEF GAINER SAYS THEY ARE SPEAKING SPANISH AND PORTIS DOES NOT KNOW THEM. POLICE HAVE NOT MADE AN ARREST. I HAD A HOME INVASION AND THEY TOOK MOST OF MY PRIZED POSSESSIONS. PORTIS, ON THE COURT AT THE TIME AT FISERV FORUM. POLICE SAY HE HAS A SECURITY SYSTEM, BUT IT WASNT ACTIVATED AT THE TIME. POLICE SAY THE BURGLARY AT PORTIS HOME SHARES, QUOTE, STRIKING SIMILARITIES TO BREAK INS AT THE HOMES OF CHIEFS STAR PATRICK MAHOMES AND TRAVIS KELCE IN EARLY OCTOBER, AND ANOTHER AT THE HOME OF TIMBERWOLVES POINT GUARD MIKE CONLEY JR IN MEDINA, MINNESOTA. WHILE HE WAS A SPECIAL GUEST AT A MINNESOTA VIKINGS GAME, ABC NEWS REPORTS. DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER A SOUTH AMERICAN CRIME RING IS TARGETING PRO ATHLETES. THE BURGLARIES LED TO THE NBA AND NFL TO ISSUE WARNINGS TO PLAYERS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR HOMES. JAMES, IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN THE BURGLARY AT PORTIS HOME AND THE ONE AT BURROWS? HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO DEPUTIES CANNOT SAY IF BURROWS IS CONNECTED TO OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND POLICE HAVENT REVEALED WHAT WAS STOLEN. RIVER HILLS POLICE TOLD 12 NEWS AROUND NOON TODAY THEY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM POLICE IN OHIO. THIS IS NOW THE FIFTH BURGLARY THAT WE KNOW OF TARGETING ATHLETES HOMES WHILE THEYRE EITHER PLAYING OR AT A GAME, WHICH WOULD BE EA