It appears that the link is that neither Curry nor Walker can defend.
Robbery at home of former Bulls star Curry
July 29, 2007
From staff and Associated Press REPORTS
BURR RIDGE -- Three masked robbers broke into the suburban Chicago home of New York Knicks forward Eddy Curry early Saturday, according to police. The robbery took place a little over two weeks after Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker was robbed at gunpoint at his Chicago town house.
In the incident Saturday, the offenders restrained Curry, his wife and an employee with duct tape as they went through the house looking for valuables, according to Deputy Chief of Police John Madden .
The three robbers made off with cash and jewelry, police said. Madden refused to give more details about the robbery. No one was injured in the incident. Madden said investigators do not believe the robbery was a random incident.
Link to 2 robbed NBA players sought
By John Biemer
2:17 PM CDT, July 30, 2007
Burr Ridge police said today they are investigating whether the robbery of former Chicago Bull forward Eddy Curry at his home over the weekend is linked to the robbery of fellow NBA player Antoine Walker three weeks ago in Chicago.
"We haven't made any direct connections as of yet, [but] our investigators are looking at that angle of it," Burr Ridge Cpl. Tim Vaclav said.
As of today, police had made no arrests, and Vaclav said he was not aware of any particular leads in the Curry case.
On Saturday, three masked robbers restrained the 6-foot-11 Curry, some of his family members and an employee with duct tape and held them at gunpoint inside the player's home in the southwest suburb, police said.
No one was hurt, but the robbers fled with cash and jewelry.
The robbery came nearly three weeks after Miami Heat star and Chicago native Antoine Walker was robbed at gunpoint at his home in Chicago's River North neighborhood.
Like Curry, the 6-foot-9-inch Walker was tied up with duct tape by masked intruders, and robbed of jewelry and cash. Walker's Mercedes also was stolen but found. He later moved from the neighborhood.
Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said he met with Curry and his wife for about 15 minutes Saturday and that the couple said nothing about moving from their home at the end of a cul-de-sac on a short, isolated street. He said Curry reported the incident to the NBA.
It "seems to have a lot of coincidence with the Antoine Walker robbery," Grasso said.
The mayor said it was the first robbery and home invasion he could recall in the well-off suburb, which is home to several professional athletes.
Curry, one of the top high school basketball players in the country while a senior at Thornwood High School in South Holland, played for the Bulls from 2001 to 2005 and is now with the New York Knicks.
Curry's neighbors said police patrols have been constant since Saturday and that they have been told there is no reason to leave the neighborhood, even for a short time. Some said they are being more vigilant, while others say they have no worries because Curry was likely targeted.
Burr Ridge police have previously said they do not believe the robbery was a "random incident."
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