After three World Series rings where stolen yesterday from a Phillies office, police arrested a mask-wearing fan who was kicked out of the game earlier for being rowdy.
Matthew Mervine, 22, of Berlin Borough made detectives' work easy, because, not only was he videotaped stealing the rings, he had just left his real name, address and phone numbers on a job application, police said.
The rings were not the fancy $11,000 pieces of jewelry given to players, coaches and more than 200 employees.
Valued at about $1,100 each, the three rings were in the office to be sent on to three Phillies scouts.
Apparently, Mervine, who wore a rubber skull mask to yesterday's game against the Rockies, found his way to the Phillies offices after being kicked out of the game with other fans who were being too boisterous, police said.
He'd been wearing a skull mask and calling himself "Rockie Killer."
In the office, he put his mask and rally towel down on a desk, but after picking them up, he also picked up the envelope with the rings, police said.
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