Seattle Man Charged in Multiple Pro Athletes’ Home Burglaries

Earl Henderson Riley IV, a 21-year-old Seattle man, has been charged with multiple burglaries targeting the homes of prominent professional athletes, including Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez and Luis Castillo, former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell. The burglaries, which took place from February to May 2025, involved armed suspects who stole luxury items such as high-end watches, designer purses, and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, often while the homes were occupied. Riley was identified as the ringleader of a burglary crew and was linked to the crimes through cellphone GPS data and surveillance footage, including evidence of fleeing in a black Jeep Grand Cherokee. Despite previously pleading guilty to three robbery counts and being released in February, Riley was rearrested and is now held on $1 million bail. The investigation, involving six police jurisdictions, is ongoing, with authorities seeking to identify and charge additional suspects. Prosecutors emphasized the coordinated effort to halt the group's continued victimization of the community.