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Police: Ejected Phillies fan stole World Series rings
TweetPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A masked fan ejected from a Phillies playoff game is charged with stealing three World Series rings from a ballpark office.
The Phillies have now had four such rings stolen since winning the title last year.
Police say 22-year-old Matthew Mervine of Berlin, N.J., was videotaped taking the rings Thursday. They say he had also left his contact information on a job application.
The purloined rings are cheaper models of the $11,000 rings given to players. They are worth about $1,100 and intended for scouts.
Police found them at Mervine’s home when he was arrested on theft charges. He does not have a listed phone number and it’s not clear if he has a lawyer.
A ballpark janitor is charged with stealing a team executive’s diamond championship ring left in a restroom last month.
Comments
Is it really stealing when the exec leaves it in the restroom?
Stealing is the taking of things or being in possession of things that belong to someone else without their permission. If he took the ring out of the bathroom with the intentions of trying to reunite the ring with it owner, then no it not stealing. Its called being a good hearted and honest person. But if he intended on keeping it without at least attempting to return it to its owner, then yes he is a thief in my book.