Mets Pitcher's Jewels Lost and Found

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 21st 2008 at 4:02PM

New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos has better luck than some other celebrities who have had their jewels stolen. Burgos, who reported $270,000 worth of jewelry stolen from his St. Lucie West hotel room on Tuesday, got his belongings back. An unidentified man dropped off a jewelry-filled black bag several hours after the bag was reported missing. Burgos told police his bag was missing after he switched rooms. Employees with access to the rooms said they did not take it but a few hours later a man came in to the hotel with the bag, put it on the counter saying he had found it outside, and ran away. The most interesting part of the story to me is that the police called Ambiorix Burgos Tuesday night to let him know but the pitcher was too busy to return to the police station to identify the bag until Wednesday. Perhaps these are just Burgos's traveling jewels.

UPDATE: A housekeeper at the hotel has been charged with grand theft for stealing the bag and Burgos says some items worth between $10,000 to $20,000 are still missing.

Gallery: Jewels Gone Missing

Tags: ambiorix burgos, jewelry, mets, pitcher, theft

Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

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HAYWOOD Feb 21st 2008 10:22PM

WORD
or something like that.

HAYWOOD Feb 22nd 2008 8:45AM

YAY BOY !

Jones Feb 22nd 2008 4:31AM

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tricky Feb 23rd 2008 2:12PM

keep the door open and soon we will all be speaking spanish.
but look at the bright side, he probably pays some taxes.

tricky Feb 23rd 2008 2:15PM

I`m sure his amigos back home are sure happy for him.
I wonder if he even remembers where back home is now.

bill polk Feb 23rd 2008 3:13PM

another scam by this pro?????????? dipwith , to catch his insurer sleeping. say jay!!!!!!! when will these shadowdancers learn THAT THESE SCAMS HAVE BEEN TRIED AND SUNK BEFORE. this nit with better pay i his cousin to get out of town , before the law drops on his petty ass butt.

Alf E Newbie Feb 23rd 2008 3:28PM

What? Me worry?

tojo Feb 23rd 2008 5:20PM

Talk about "N" word rich. You can take the boy out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the boy.
From the FBI:
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kachina321 Feb 23rd 2008 5:30PM

WE SHOULD ALL BE AS LUCKY TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THESE THINGS ARE WORTH. I AM FIGHTING MY INS. COMPANY OVER A STOLEN CAR. THEY THINK WE STOLE OUR OWN CAR BECAUSE THE IGNITION WAS NOT TAMPERED WITH. WATCH OUT ALL THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU TOO. ONLY WORTH 20 GRAND THE CAR. NOT 100'S OF 1000'S OF $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

One Big Lump Feb 23rd 2008 6:32PM

Guy's a moron and a spoiled punk. Over a 1/4 mil and he can't be bothered? Wait till he's unemployed and all his paid for buddies have abandoned him. Down and out broke like most of them.

Jim Feb 23rd 2008 7:02PM

Why is it that these males(men just doesn't seem like an appropriate word here) feel the need to dress up all sparkly in the first place? Are they all secretly cross-dressers at home? Women are the ones that are supposed to want to dress all pretty. Men are supposed to look manly and sophisticated, NOT frilly and decorated. Fellas(and I hate refering to you that way) lose the excessive jewelry, grow some testicles and enjoy being a man instead of wanting to look like a sissy or a woman.

Sharon Feb 23rd 2008 7:27PM

Easy come, easy go.

Robert Wayne Feb 23rd 2008 7:39PM

He must be a freaking moron to be keeping over a quarter of a million dollars worth of jewelry in a hotel room anyway. Where did the New York Mets find this imbecile, in a kindergarten?