Bears rookie Roquan Smith tweeted Wednesday morning that several University of Georgia jerseys and other items stolen from his apartment complex's parking garage near campus have been recovered.
That is, all but his Bears-issued iPad containing the team playbook, Athens-Clarke County Police public information officer Epifanio Rodriguez told the Tribune.
The Bears said Monday they remotely wiped the password-protected tablet.
"A fingerprint lifted from the car identified the suspect, and our detectives were able to recover some of the property from the suspect's residence and the rest from a family member of the suspect," Rodriguez said via email.
He said Smith was "ecstatic" when notified by detectives.
"Good morning. I would personally like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers as Athens-Clarke County Police Department worked very hard to identify the individual responsible for this. It was definitely huge," Smith said on the video posted to Twitter.
"I would also like to thank many of you who spread the information over various social media outlets. Due to the prompt attention by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, I was able to recover most of my items as well as the individual being identified. I'd just like to thank you guys so much."
Rodriguez said authorities expect to obtain arrest warrants soon and plan to charge the suspect with "entering auto," which is a felony. The Summerville (Ga.) News said that city's police traced the items to a Summerville teen who attends the University of Georgia.
Smith told police that sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, several of his jerseys _ including the one he wore during the national championship game _ were stolen from his 2018 BMW X5, along with watches, headphones, a speaker, a Bulldogs helmet and his university athlete of the year trophy.
