A former Miami Heat security officer and retired police officer accused of stealing millions in team jerseys pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting and transferring stolen memorabilia across state lines, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Marcos Tomas Perez, 62, “stole hundreds of game-worn jerseys and other valuable memorabilia belonging to the Miami Heat and sold them to online brokers,” the government said in a statement. Those items, including rare jerseys, were valued in the “millions of dollars.”

Perez entered a guilty plea to a single count of a criminal information before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez in Miami. He was arrested on Aug. 5 after investigators searched his home.

The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing for Oct. 31, according to court records. Although Pe

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