Police body camera footage showed one of the men believed to be involved in the burglary of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home wearing a Bengals winter hat when police pulled them over earlier this month.
Sergio Cabello, Jordan Sanchez, Bastian Morales and Alexander Huaiquil-Chavez are charged with participation in a criminal gang and possession of criminal tools following the Jan. 10 traffic stop, which followed an alleged improper lane change.
The footage, released Wednesday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, showed one of the subjects wearing the Bengals hat as the officer approached the car to speak to the occupants.
All four men are Chilean citizensand according to police reports, they were “identified as being in the country illegally or overstaying their authority.”
The approximately 21-minute video also showed the officer pulling the driver outside to talk to him due to the smell of marijuana in the car.
Police searched the car after noticing the smell of marijuana. That’s when authorities discovered a designer bag and suitcase containing an LSU T-shirt.
The officers also found window punches wrapped in a towel in the glove compartment.
The body camera footage showed the men telling officers they were headed to Florida at the time of the stop.
In December, Burrow’s home was burglarized while the Bengals star was on the field facing the Cowboys.
Police reports indicated that Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Olivia Ponton was in the home and called 911 to report the burglary.
Burrow expressed frustration with the lack of privacy that occurred after the burglary.
“I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one. And there’s already a lot more available than I would like and I’d like to share that, so that’s all I have to say about that,” he said at a press conference in December.
