LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday have been searching for three Olympic medals belonging to a member of the U.S. girls’s volleyball workforce after they have been stolen from a Southern California dwelling.
The medals have been being briefly saved at a Laguna Hills dwelling and have been inside a secure that was taken in an Oct. 29 housebreaking, Orange County Sheriff’s Department stated.
No arrests have been made.
The gold medal was from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the silver from the 2012 London Olympics and the bronze from the 2016 video games in Brazil.
Authorities didn’t instantly establish the proprietor of the medals.
It’s the second time this 12 months {that a} medal belonging to a member of the ladies’s volleyball workforce has been stolen in Orange County.
Jordyn Poulter reported her 2020 gold medal stolen May 25 after her automotive was damaged into at a parking storage in Anaheim, police stated.
Detectives later arrested a suspect within the theft, however weren’t instantly in a position to find the lacking medal. It was lastly returned in June after the homeowners of an Anaheim barbershop reported discovering the medal inside a plastic bag discarded exterior their enterprise and turned it over to police.
A 31-year-old Anaheim resident described by police as having a prolonged felony historical past has been charged within the theft.
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