Israeli team loses $22000 in Staples Center theft

Somebody entered a locker room at Staples Center and stole more than $22,000 in cash and property from members of an Israeli basketball team that played the Los Angeles Clippers in an exhibition game this week, police said today.

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Jewish Journal

October 23, 2009

From MyFoxLA.com:

Somebody entered a locker room at Staples Center and stole more than $22,000 in cash and property from members of an Israeli basketball team that played the Los Angeles Clippers in an exhibition game this week, police said today.

“An unknown suspect was able to gain entry to the locker room of the Israeli team,” said Lt. Albert Gavin of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Station. “It was during halftime that they noticed the property missing. And then they lost the game.”

Read the full story at MyFoxLA.com.

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