Former NBA star Vince Carter’s Atlanta home burglarized, nearly $100K stolen

Armed burglars broke into the Atlanta residence of retired NBA participant Vince Carter whereas his spouse and youngsters have been inside and stole almost $100,000 in money over the weekend, police mentioned.

Carter’s spouse, Sondi Carter, and the couple’s two sons hid in a closet Sunday night time whereas burglars smashed in a first-floor window and ransacked the ten,000-square-foot residence in Atlanta’s prosperous Buckhead neighborhood, based on an incident report launched Wednesday by the Atlanta Police Division.

Sondi Carter advised police she was in mattress together with her two sons when she heard loud noises coming from out entrance at 11:50 p.m., based on the report. She grabbed her sons and collectively the three hid of their bed room closet whereas listening to the suspects run upstairs and rummage via the household’s belongings in numerous rooms.

Sondi Carter mentioned she referred to as 911 from contained in the closet and texted the neighborhood patrol.

An off-duty Atlanta PD officer with the neighborhood patrol responded and chased a suspect carrying all black clothes and a masks down the highway till he hopped right into a black SUV that sped off.

Law enforcement officials arrived on the residence shortly after and located $16,100 price of $100 payments spilled onto the bottom exterior the gated residence.

The recovered cash, nonetheless, was only a sliver of the $100,000 that was lacking from a brown bag Vince Carter saved in the main bedroom closet, the previous Hawks participant who retired in 2020 advised police.

Police additionally discovered a gold Desert Eagle firearm nonetheless in its gun case, belonging to Vince Carter, and a black Glock 26 with an prolonged journal exterior the house, based on the report.

Police imagine the Glock was left behind by the burglars.

Inside the house, officers discovered a first-floor window utterly smashed in, a number of rooms in disarray and a gate on the prime of the steps damaged off its hinges, the report states.

Law enforcement officials photographed the scene and lifted a fingerprint from a facet door that the suspects could have used to flee the house. In addition they collected surveillance video from cameras on the property.

Sondi Carter and her sons have been unscathed throughout the break-in.

In line with property data, Vince Carter, who performed 22 seasons with the NBA and now works as an NBA analyst for ESPN, purchased the house and the virtually acre and a half of property it sits on for almost $7 million in August 2020.

The investigation is ongoing.

With Publish wires