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Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco loses $650K in jewelry stolen from vehicle

An alleged serial burglar stole more than $650,000 of jewelry from the SUV of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco when he was on a rehabilitation assignment in June, according to police and court records obtained by ESPN.

According to an arrest report, Kahlil Eugene Mathis, 24, used a wrench to break into Franco's Rolls-Royce Cullinan in a Jacksonville, Florida, hotel parking lot at 3 a.m. on June 22 and grabbed a safe that contained seven pieces of jewelry. Mathis sold some of the jewelry and police identified him through an Arizona driver's license and thumbprint he gave at a pawn shop before arresting him July 4, the report said.