BREAKING: Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler robbed at horse track, cops say Shohei Othani was Lucky.
In one theft at the racetrack in Arcadia, the victim didn’t notice the watch was missing until several hours later.
A group of thieves surrounded at least three Santa Anita Park visitors, including Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler, and slipped off their wristwatches in a series of distraction thefts at the racetrack in Arcadia, California.
In each case reported in late September, the victim was walking in a large crowd at the park east of Los Angeles when they were approached by the thieves, some of whom distracted the victim as an accomplice removed the watch.
Buehler, who is scheduled to start Game 3 of the Dodgers’ National League Division Series Tuesday night in San Diego, was at the horse racing track Sept. 27 with his wife McKenzie when he was robbed, Excel Sports Management said in a statement.
Thieves surrounded Buehler and took the pricey wristwatch from his arm.
“While walking from the paddock to their seats, Walker was unknowingly the victim of a snatch and grab robbery of his watch,” Excel Sports Management said in the statement.
“The incident was reported to police and is currently under investigation. We are grateful Walker and McKenzie were not harmed and Walker is focused on the playoffs.”