SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WXIX) – The indictments against four Chilean men accused of targeting multimillion-dollar homes reveal a possible connection to the break-in at Joe Burrow’s home.
The suspects, identified by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost are:
- Sergio Cabello, 38
- Jordan Sanchez, 22
- Alexander Huaiquil-Chavez, 24
- Bastian Morales, 23
The Ohio AG says all four were arrested in an ongoing investigation by the Southwest Ohio Burglary Task Force.
Following the Dec. 9, 2024, break-in at Burrow’s Anderson Township home, Yost announced the Southwest Ohio Burglary Task Force was heading up the investigation.
Nearly a month later on Jan. 10, the four men were arrested in Clark County, Ohio, as part of the task force’s “ongoing investigation,” according to the attorney general.
The suspects were arrested after being pulled over by Ohio State Highway Patrol, Clark County court records show.
Troopers searched their vehicle, where they found “an old LSU shirt and Bengals hat” suspected to have been stolen during a Dec. 9, 2024, burglary in Hamilton County, the documents show. The break-in at Burrow’s home happened on the same date.
Two Husky automatic center punch tools, which are used by the South American Theft Group to enter homes, were also found inside the vehicle along with the LSU and Bengals apparel, according to the court documents.
The men provided fake IDs, and an arrest report says that after their real names were discovered, “all four males were identified as being illegally in the country or overstaying their permissions.”
Joe Burrow December 2024 home break-in
The sheriff’s office confirmed the break-in happened a little after 8 p.m. on Dec. 9, 2024.
Olivia Ponton, a model and social media influencer, found a shattered bedroom window and the room “ransacked,” according to an incident report from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident report shows that she called her mother, Diane Ponton, who called 911.
Hamilton County dispatchers took the call from the mother, who reported Olivia Ponton was at the quarterback’s home when the break-in occurred, according to a recording of the call released to FOX19 NOW.
“Someone is trying to break into the house right now,” Diane Ponton said on the recorded call. “My daughter is there. This is Joe Burrow’s house. She is staying there; He is at the football game.”
She also reported that her daughter had told her that “someone was in the house.”
Olivia Ponton was identified in the incident report as an employee of Burrow’s.
The Hamilton County dispatcher told the caller that an officer was already working security at Burrow’s home when the break-in was reported to 911.
When deputies arrived and looked around the home, an officer said the suspects were no longer there. Deputies talked with neighbors to obtain surveillance video of the possible suspects.
The NFL issued a security memo about home burglaries after the residences of Kansas City Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were broken into, the Associated Press reported in November.
According to the AP, the memo stated that professional athletes’ homes were being “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups. ”
Burrow’s break-in occurred while he and the Bengals were in Dallas playing the Cowboys on “Monday Night Football.”
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This article was published by WTVG on 2025-01-21 15:16:00
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