While Cam Jordan was leading the Saints defense against the 49ers in the Superdome last month, a quartet of burglars were helping themselves to his belongings. The longtime Saints star’s Metairie home was broken into during the September 14th game. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto says deputies developed a vehicle of interest – a rental vehicle connected to the Atlanta area.
“(We) tracked them to location here at a gas station. Identified two of the individuals before they left. They drove, that afternoon, back to Atlanta, Georgia. And we were able to track them to the city of Conyers,” Lopinto explained.
Lopinto says his department worked with Conyers Police to quickly solve the case.
“We were able to stop that vehicle, 24 hours after the burglary. Recovered a lot of the stolen property, ended up getting one person in custody that day. I sent two detectives to Conyers and ended up getting another person in custody on that next day,” Lopinto said.
The two suspects in custody are 28-year-old Donald Robinson of Stockbridge, Georgia, and 19-year-old Jadon Brown of Conyers. The two other suspects still on the loose are 20-year-old Jahaun Suber and 19-year-old Devell Ortiz, both of Conyers. Lopinto says this is the latest in a string of incidents in which NFL stars’ homes have been burglarized – other recent victims include Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Joe Burrow.
“It looks like individuals are targeting players during the games. Mainly away games, but in this case, it was a home game,” Lopinto said.
Lopinto says it’s unclear whether the fact that the suspects were from the Atlanta area had anything to do with them targeting a star player from the Saints. Still, he says he hopes Jordan takes his anger out on the Falcons when the two teams face each other this season.
