The home of Dallas Cowboy and former Minnesota Viking Linval Joseph was the latest to be targeted in a series of burglaries in the affluent Twin Cities suburb of Sunfish Lake.

The burglary at the veteran defensive tackle’s home was discovered on Monday, according to West St. Paul police, which provides police services in Sunfish Lake.

Police on Tuesday released the address of the burglarized home, which public records show belongs to Joseph.

Three other residential burglaries in Sunfish Lake were reported Sept. 27, Oct. 25 and last Friday, Nov. 15. The targeted properties are on Sunfish Lane and Salem Church Road in the Dakota County suburb, which is home to about 500 people.

The burglaries share similarities with more than 60 other cases in the Twin Cities metro and others nationally that have targeted professional athletes, according to West St. Paul Police Chief Brian Sturgeon.

Law enforcement agencies have been investigating burglaries at high-end homes since last November in Eagan, Richfield, Minneapolis, Edina, Minnetonka, Fridley, Medina, Minnetrista and Orono, according to WCCO-TV and KARE-TV. Timberwolves point guard Mike Conley’s home in Medina was burglarized in September.

“We know that they’re using some sophisticated techniques in order to determine” when people at the home are leaving and where exterior cameras are situated on homes, and the burglaries have been the work of more than one person, Sturgeon said Monday.

A Cowboys representative said players were off Tuesday and he didn’t have a comment on Joseph’s behalf.

Joseph, 36, played six seasons with the Vikings before his release in 2020.

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Sunfish Lake burglaries target high-end homes, similar to other cases in metro area