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The police department in Miramar, Florida, issued arrest warrants for two NFL cornerbacks accused of an armed robbery that allegedly occurred on Wednesday.
DeAndre Baker, of the New York Giants, and Quinton Dunbar, of the Seattle Seahawks, are wanted on four counts each of armed robbery with a firearm, according to the Miramar Police Department Thursday. Baker is additionally wanted on four counts of aggravated assault.
The two men were at a party in Miramar on Wednesday evening when Baker allegedly instructed two men to take money and valuables from other people at the party, according to a warrant issued Thursday. Dunbar was allegedly assisting Baker, based on statements from four victims and a witness to police. The names of the victims were redacted in the warrant.
Baker was allegedly involved in an argument at a card table along with someone identified as "Shy," the warrant said. The two allegedly brandished their guns in one of the victims face after flipping the card table over.
Are pro athletes already so hard up they have to resort to robbery?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)to steal cash and watches? "The two men allegedly took $4,000 in cash and a $17,500 Audemars Pigeut watch from at least one of the party attendees, according to the warrant. Another person said they were robbed of $7,000 and a $25,000 Hubolt watch." (I'm such a peasant that I've never heard of Audemars Pigeut or Hubolt watches - Bulova is high-end for me.) The average NFL salary is $2.7 million and these knuckleheads stole a total of $11K and a couple of watches that you probably couldn't even fence. Maybe it's true what they say about football and head injuries.
ripcord
(5,409 posts)Celerity
(43,414 posts)I am sure you have heard of their most famous model
the Royal Oak
it is one of the most famous watches in the the world
https://www.audemarspiguet.com/en/watch-collection/royal-oak/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)I have a whole bunch of cheap, colorful watches that I wear as costume jewelry. I have one nice Bulova watch and the rest are $25 dime-store watches that keep time just as well as the more expensive one. I can't imagine paying thousands for a watch (even if I could) because I'd lose it or break it anyhow. Or maybe a couple of overpaid football players would steal it from me.
Celerity
(43,414 posts)wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)dry humor.. or something
It says they were at two separate gambling parties in the last couple days.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Its a game. Its enjoyment. Its entertainment.
If it aint, youre doing it wrong.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)You had a card game go wrong and one guy thought he got screwed/set-up and decided to take back what he lost regardless of who it came from.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)"Warrants issued for armed robbery with a firearm" Mandatory minimums, they fucked if convicted. 10 years and up.
"They lost $70,000 at a high stakes card game a few days earlier"
Just getting their money back?
jayfish
(10,039 posts)More likely is that someone put down a marker to cover a bet ("argument at a card table" and wouldn't/couldn't pay up when they lost.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)and often leads to bad results.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)but they've gone off with possessions just like a robbery. And the police are involved, so this isn't just a hoax (or if it is a hoax, they'll face charges for wasting police time; they haven't been able to be contacted, which means they know about it, so they'd been in on a hoax).
I can't see how they can ever play again in the NFL. They've buggered up their careers, in quite a deliberate way. One had only been playing for a year; relatively, he won't have made that much money yet.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)customers was professional football player and he made a lot of money. But he was getting bled dry by a ton of hanger oners. He was a good guy and I really liked him but he had no money sense and his friends took everything he had. He was always getting his house out of foreclosure.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Dunbar not yet. Seems if he was innocent, he would be doing so.