Ballpark worker pleads guilty to Series ring theft

The Citizens Bank Park janitor arrested last summer for keeping a World Series ring he found in a restroom pleaded guilty to two theft charges yesterday.

Anthony Mobley, 53, of Logan, was to have gone on trial yesterday on three theft charges resulting from the Aug. 31 incident.

Under an agreement with the District Attorney's Office, he will be sentenced on two charges, said Assistant District Attorney Anthony Nardozzi.

Mobley, arrested Sept. 2 and released the next day without having to post bail, will be sentenced June 2 by Common Pleas Judge Adam Beloff.

Police said that while cleaning a restroom at the South Philadelphia ballpark, Mobley found the ring belonging to a team marketing executive. The exec had taken the diamond-encrusted ring off to wash his hands and accidentally left it behind.

Instead of turning it in, Mobley wrapped the ring in a paper towel and hid it in a supply closet, police said. After being questioned, however, he told police where to find the ring, which is worth more than $10,000.

This is not Mobley's first time striking out with the law. Court records indicate that in 1975 he pleaded guilty to one count of murder.

The records do not list what his sentence was.