Richard Sherman says armed robbers broke into his home with his family inside

Retired NFL antiaircraft backmost Richard Sherman's location was robbed portion his household was inside, the "Thursday Night Football" expert said Monday connected societal media.

Sherman, who played 11 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, posted screenshots and a video of the alleged perpetrators wrong his Washington authorities location from Saturday, 1 time earlier his 37th birthday.

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"House being robbed astatine weapon constituent with my household successful it isn't what anyone wants for a day gift," Sherman wrote connected X.

Sherman wrote successful replies to messages that constabulary told him 5 homes were burglarized successful his country and that these individuals went done his backyard and neighbors' obstruction and took a phone.

The homes of nonrecreational athletes, including Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Travis Kelce, Luka Dončić and Mike Conley person been the people of of break-ins implicit the past respective months.

The NFL and NBA issued information alerts to teams and players informing them to bolster their information systems, employment protective unit and beryllium cautious astir showing homes and announcing whereabouts connected societal media.

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League memos warned that theft rings, perchance organized planetary transgression rings, were "primarily focused connected currency and items that tin beryllium resold connected the achromatic market, specified arsenic jewelry, watches and luxury bags."

In February, Florida authorities charged 7 Chilean men with stealing much than $2 cardinal worthy of valuables from the homes of nonrecreational athletes. The men were charged with conspiracy to perpetrate interstate proscription of stolen property, which carries a maximum 10-year situation sentence.