CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man faces charges that he stole autographed baseballs worth up to $100,000 from his late father’s collection.
At a hearing Thursday, a judge set a Nov. 10 trial date, setting the stage for the latest chapter in a fraternal battle over more than 200 balls signed by some of Major League baseball’s greatest players and collected over three decades.
Lyle “Brad” Pogofsky is accused of taking dozens of balls from his widowed mother’s home in the upscale Highland Park community after his father’s death in December.
His brother, Benjamin Pogofsky, says Brad took the balls after he realized their father had left the collection to Benjamin in his will.
In court papers, Brad Pogofsky says their father told him repeatedly that he would inherit the balls.
