A former Miami Warmth worker, recognized as 62-year-old Marcos Thomas Perez, made his first look in federal court docket Tuesday after he was accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of {dollars}’ value of Miami warmth memorabilia and promoting it to on-line brokers, based on a launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace. Perez was charged with transporting and transferring stolen items in interstate commerce. 

A former Metropolis of Miami police officer, Perez labored as a safety officer for the Warmth from 2016-21 and as a safety worker for the NBA from 2022-25. He was trusted with entry to a secured tools room in Kaseya Heart, which allowed him to steal game-worn jerseys and different objects that the Warmth meant to show in a future museum. 

Perez stole over 400 game-worn jerseys and offered over 100 objects value roughly $2 million. That features a game-worn LeBron James NBA Finals jersey, which Perez offered for round $100,000. That very same jersey went for $3.2 million at a later public sale hosted by Sotheby’s, a world dealer of nice artwork, jewellery and different collectible objects. 

Legislation enforcement seized practically 300 stolen jerseys and different memorabilia when it executed a search warrant on Perez’s residence in April.