WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu and husband Hroniss Grasu’s Los Angeles-area residence was burglarized in the sports world’s latest home invasion.
As with the other cases, neither Ionescu nor Grasu were home at the time, Los Angeles police told TMZ.
LAPD responded to the home around 8pm Monday after two suspects in ski masks allegedly smashed through a rear window at the property with an unknown tool. The burglars ‘ransacked the location and took the victim’s property,’ LAPD told TMZ.
NBC LA has reported that several handbags valued at more than $60,000 were stolen from the property.
Ionescu and Grasu are both California natives of Romanian descent who attended Oregon before moving on to professional sports. While she was the first pick of the 2020 WNBA Draft and later won a league title with the New York Liberty, he spent nearly a decade playing center in the NFL.
Ionescu is a former first-overall draft pick and a WNBA champion with the New York Liberty
Hroniss Grasu and Sabrina Ionescu attend a Toast to Milestones Afterparty Hosted by Stephen Curry’s Gentleman’s Cut at the Club Thirty takeover of Splash at Thrive City on February 16
‘Team security is actively working with Metro Nashville Police Department to recover items stolen from Jeff Simmons’ house,’ the Titans said in a statement. ‘No residents were home during the burglary.’
No fewer than six suspects were seen entering the home after smashing out a window, according to Metro Nashville PD. Several items were taken. An investigation is ongoing.
Simmons called police Monday morning after arriving home to see the damage to his home. He later shared security footage of the break-in and a message to the robbers online.
‘God is the Greatest and I’m his son!!’ Simmons wrote. ‘Whoever you are, just know he sit high and look Low. You’ll get what you deserve f***ing cowards!
‘What if any of my family members was in my house??’ he added in a follow-up post. ‘All that materialistic s*** you can have but this is crazy!’
NFL star releases surveillance video showing home invasion
A burglar is seen walking through Jeffery Simmons’ home as the Titans star was on the road
Simmons was playing in Santa Clara on Sunday as his home was being robbed in Nashville
The 28-year-old Simmons is a two-time All-Pro and three-time Pro Bowl selection. The former Mississippi State standout was a first-round pick for the Titans back in 2019.
Simmons is far from the only NFL player who has been robbed over the last few years.
Shedeur Sanders’s house in suburban Cleveland was reportedly broken into while he made his NFL debut for the Browns last month. That came about a year after Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Mahomes and teammate Travis Kelce had their homes raided during a game against the New Orleans Saints.
Similarly, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow saw his Ohio home broken into while he was helping Cincinnati beat the Cowboys in Texas last season.
And NBA players have faced the same issues.
Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was robbed this year after thieves targeted fellow league stars Luka Doncic, Ja Morant and Karl-Anthony Towns, last season.
Most recently the New York Post revealed Towns’ Knicks teammate Josh Hart had $185,000 in watches and jewelry stolen as he was staying in a SoHo hotel earlier this year.
