Yahoo Sports: Pro athletes becoming bigger targets for burglaries, home invasions

Scott Brown posted 12/3/2007 from wkdzsports.typepad.com [flag]

Too many times recently, whenever a pro athlete and criminal investigation are mentioned in the same sentence, it usually means they have broken the law. However, the recent death of Washington Redskins' player Sean Taylor is part of a disturbing trend involving athletes and criminals. Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports talks about how criminals are becoming targets for criminals. [link]

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