The National Police reported this Wednesday that police officers, attached to the Central Directorate of Investigation (Dicrim)arrested six men and persecute others in relation to a sports equipment theft perpetrated last Monday morning at the academy Baseball Cityfrom the baseball team Big leagues Baltimore Orioles, located in the municipality of Boca ChicaSanto Domingo province.
A press release indicates that the staff of the Dicrimbased in Boca Chica, has managed to recover a large part of the props stolen from the aforementioned academywhich was already in the possession of two stores dedicated to the commercialization of this type of merchandise, a baseball coach and three resellers.
The Police specified that the six prevented are in the power of the Public ministry for the corresponding purposes and comply with the protocols of the place, including the individualization of participation of each one in the case.
On Wednesday morning, Diego PesquiraPolice spokesman, informed that the investigations of the robbery to the Baltimore Oriolesin Baseball City was advanced.
The institution of order also reported that it activates the location of the other people involved in the robbery, which are indicated by those responsible for entering the aforementioned facilities and are part of a gang that is dedicated to these and other criminal actions.
prop recovery
The Police reported that in the investigative process they have already been recovered. hundreds of balls, gloves, bats and catching equipment, among other props.
The theft affected the props of the Oriental Starsa Lidom team that practices in those facilities.
Junior Noboathe National Baseball Commissioner and owner of the Baseball City complex, informed Free Journal that in the last few months Eight of the teams that operate in the Boca Chica area have been robbed.
Theft history
In June 2019, Big leagues He asked the Dominican authorities to stop the constant thefts in the academies of his teams in the Dominican Republic. Back then, thieves broke into the academy of the chicago cubslocated in Boca Chica, and took a shipment of props that included 15 Baum-brand bats (which cost US$240 each), 13 DeMarini bats (US$375), 20 right-handed gloves, seven left-handed ones, three catchers’ gloves , two breastplates, medium and long gloves, running shoes and glasses.
