A Tennessee man was arrested for allegedly stealing over $20,000 worth of autographed jerseys from a Knoxville hobby shop. Police say 32-year-old Cody Denning stole 17 jerseys from Underdog Collectibles on May 18.
WBIR-TV reports Denning broke with shop’s front window with a rock and surveillance cameras caught him stealing the autographed jerseys.
Police tell WBIR that Denning entered the store twice — once at 2:15 a.m. and then again after 3 a.m.
The night before, Denning was seen with a woman inside Underdog Collectibles for about ten minutes looking at the jerseys. WVLT-TV reports Denning told the woman “he was coming back for them.”
Police say Denning tried to sell a couple of the stolen jerseys to another collectibles shop.
Underdog Collectibles said in a Facebook post that there wasn’t much damage to the store, but that the jerseys remain missing. Some of the autographed jerseys include:
- Michael Jordan
- Luka Doncic
- Ja Morant
- Shaquille O’Neal
“Luckily, no one was here so no one was hurt in the process but this is incredibly unfortunate, especially since we’re just a small business,” the store says in the social media post.
Denning was arrested June 1 and charged with theft of property and burglary, along with DUI. He has a scheduled court date for June 17.