Former Bears coach Mike Ditka robbed

ABC 7 Chicago ^ | May 4, 2005 | ABC 7 Chicago

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Former Bears coach Mike Ditka robbed May 4, 2005 — Chicago police are looking for the person who stole a big chunk of money from former Bears coach Mike Ditka.

Police say someone took $30,000 in cash from a black bag inside Ditka's condo in the city.

He and his wife had been out of town since November. They returned home Monday to find that the money was gone.

[facedown]

He wasn't robbed, he was burgled.

[Vaquero]

for $1000 he could have bought a 1200 lb safe and kept his money and a whole slew of firearms safe.......wonder where he keeps his Polish Sausage ('Da Bears' Ping)

[el_chupacabra]

Dear Insurance Company,

I was robbed.

I had $30,000, the Hope Diamond, an autographed picture of Bigfoot, and a bottle of water from the fountain of youth sitting on my kitchen counter.

See, I've got the empty bag to prove it.

Please send the check to cover my loss by Friday.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Video footage has captured the culprits celebrating their successful getaway:

[MplsSteve]

Ricky may be a suspect...but they'll never recover the money.

It was likely spent on high-grade marijuana.

[fatnotlazy]

Sounds like some attempt at fraud to me.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ah...the bullsh*t light on my computer just went off.

[Vaquero]

"That's almost as bad as Paris Hilton leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry laying around her apartment, only to get robbed." Call me a red-pinkie (which I ain't),....but the spoiled rich b*tch has no value for things and dont deserve em....TFB.

[demlosers]

Simple: Ditka likes cash.

[Vaquero]

Video footage has captured the culprits celebrating their successful getaway:" I think the one all the way on the left did it.....

[savedbygrace]

So $30K is all Coach got for agreeing to not run for that open Senate seat?

[PfromHoGro]

The cops should be looking for large purchases of sausage...Polish Sausage.

[Spok]

Mike-repeat after me..."Da Bank."

[concordKIWI]

It was for hair products

[RichInOC]

I was going to say...it figures they robbed the place while he was gone. I don't think I'd want to try to rob that old man face to face.

"Dikka against an armed robber. Who wins?"
"Dikka."

[Deaf Smith]

That's what he gets for leaving his dog alone for almost six months.

$30K can only go so far for pizza, beer and chicken wings. Never mind the cost of the lawn service to pick up in the yard after his buddies leave after a night of watching reruns of A Boy and His Dog.

[Larry Lucido]

That wasn't robbery, it was larceny or burglary.

I wouldn't want to be the fool who tries to rob Mike Ditka.

[Larry Lucido]

That would be burglarized, not robbed.

Yep, see my #37.

[righttackle44]

"What you get" has a whole different meaning here.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

That was just the Levitra money.