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Ex-Miami Heat security guard pleads guilty to selling stolen jerseys, memorabilia
Updated: 3:25 PM EDT Aug 19, 2025
Video above: News and weather headlines for Aug. 19A former Miami Heat security guard and city of Miami police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing team jerseys and memorabilia.The Department of Justice said Marcos Thomas Perez, 62, pleaded guilty in a Miami federal courtroom to transporting and transferring stolen goods in interstate commerce.Perez was a retired 25-year veteran of the City of Miami Police Department, who was employed by the Miami Heat from 2016 to 2021 and then worked security with the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2022 to 2025.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsDuring his time with the Heat, Perez stole hundreds of game-worn jerseys and other valuable memorabilia that belonged to the Miami Heat. Perez then sold the items to online brokers. The items were worth millions of dollars.Perez had access to a security equipment room inside the Kaseya Center where the jerseys and memorabilia were stored. Perez stole more than 400 jerseys and other items and sold more than 100 items over a 3 ½-year period for $1.9 million by shipping the items across state lines, often well below their market value.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Top Headlines:Amber Alert issued for two Riviera Beach children last seen in Palm Beach Gardens
MIAMI —
Video above: News and weather headlines for Aug. 19
A former Miami Heat security guard and city of Miami police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing team jerseys and memorabilia.
The Department of Justice said Marcos Thomas Perez, 62, pleaded guilty in a Miami federal courtroom to transporting and transferring stolen goods in interstate commerce.
Perez was a retired 25-year veteran of the City of Miami Police Department, who was employed by the Miami Heat from 2016 to 2021 and then worked security with the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2022 to 2025.
Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News
During his time with the Heat, Perez stole hundreds of game-worn jerseys and other valuable memorabilia that belonged to the Miami Heat. Perez then sold the items to online brokers. The items were worth millions of dollars.
Perez had access to a security equipment room inside the Kaseya Center where the jerseys and memorabilia were stored. Perez stole more than 400 jerseys and other items and sold more than 100 items over a 3 ½-year period for $1.9 million by shipping the items across state lines, often well below their market value.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
Top Headlines:
Amber Alert issued for two Riviera Beach children last seen in Palm Beach Gardens