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Future Hall of Fame tight end Rob Gronkowski had a bad day on Sunday. Not only did his
team, The New England Patriots lose the Super Bowl but the Gronk’s home was broken into
and several items were stolen.
Gronkowski’s Foxborough home was broken into while he was away at the Super Bowl,
a theft that might have involved “multiple safes and possible guns,” according to a
police dispatch.
The Boston Globe reports that Gronkowski called police at 6:18 Monday evening to report that
“his house was broken into and had multiple items stolen,” according to a police log
entry.
“This is Rob Gronkowski calling, and while I was gone my whole house got robbed,” Gronkowski
told a dispatcher, according to audio of the call released Tuesday by Foxborough police.
“While on the Super Bowl trip, and I just got back.”
More from The Globe:
Gronkowski returned home Monday, the day after the Patriots’ narrow loss to the Philadelphia
Eagles in Minneapolis. The house was empty at the time of the burglary, police said.
Foxborough police Chief William D. Baker declined to say when the break-in occurred, or what
was stolen, to protect Gronkowski’s privacy and the integrity of the investigation.
“We’ve got an idea of what was stolen at this point,’’ he said. “The burglars
know what they took and we know what they took, and we are going to play that close
to the vest while the investigation is going on.”
…
The police report, which suggests the burglar or burglars accessed the house through a broken
window, redacted the list of stolen items. Police conducted a forensic examination of
Gronkowski’s property during their investigation, officials said.
Baker said timing of the break-in, coming on the heels of a heartbreaking loss, was
especially unfortunate.
“I don’t know if you [have] ever been the victim of a break-in, but when you are
robbed and there is an intrusion into your personal space, it’s unpleasant whether
you are Rob Gronkowski or Bill Baker,” the chief said. “For him, it’s a double whammy
coming off the loss.”
CBS SPORTS reports that the release says “out of respect for the homeowners privacy and
because this remains a very active and dynamic criminal investigation,” the department
would not be discussing what was taken.
But a recording the Globe got from a dispatcher handling the case indicted there were “multiple
safes and possible guns taken.”
“Respond to Congdon Circle,” a dispatcher told a pair of police officers. “Speak with
the homeowner there who reports while he was away on his trip his house was broken into,
multiple safes and possible guns taken.”
Neither Gronkowski nor his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, could be reached for comment.
Not a good day for the Gronk.