PITTSBURGH — The Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads meant to be given away at Thursday’s Pittsburgh Penguins game against the San Jose Sharks were stolen.
The team said the bobbleheads were stolen after arriving in California and are not in Pittsburgh. They learned of the cargo theft when they didn’t arrive as scheduled.
The team worked with the manufacturer and transportation companies to alert the appropriate state and federal authorities who are currently working to locate the cargo.
“We were shocked to be a victim of cargo theft, and we are working closely with local and federal authorities on the investigation” said Penguins President of Business Operations Kevin Acklin. “While this unfortunate incident adds to the legend of Jaromir Jagr, who will be in attendance as our guest at tonight’s game, we look forward to resolving this theft and delivering the prized Jagr bobbleheads to their rightful homes, with our fans.”
All fans in attendance at Thursday’s game will receive a voucher that includes a one-time scannable barcode that will be required to pick up the bobblehead at a later date, the team said. The date and location of the pickup with be announced when the bobbleheads are found or new ones are made.
Fans can’t believe the bobbleheads were stolen.”I guess that’s the world’s most expensive bobblehead?” said Gary Lowe.”It’s absolutely absurd. I’m sure people were really excited for this bobblehead. That’s outrageous. I never heard anything like that before,” said Julie Ciccarelli.”It’s disappointing that would have been nice to take that home,” said Nissel Demolitor.”We came for the game and that would have been a nice bonus,” said Amanda Sears. “It’s just a little weird that it’s hockey memoriablia that went missing.”
The theft is under investigation.
Jagr himself took to Instagram with a video of him being gifted the lone bobblehead available and saying he’s helping to find the stolen ones.
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