Engel Hit With New Charge of Stealing Cards
National League umpire Bob Engel, suspended after he was accused of stealing baseball cards, faces a new charge of trying to take cards from a second store.
Engel pleaded innocent Tuesday to misdemeanor counts of shoplifting seven boxes of Score baseball cards from a Target store on April 21 and attempting to steal 50 packs of cards from Costco in January.
Engel, an umpire since 1966, was placed on indefinite suspension by the National League on April 24.
Engel was not in court when his attorney entered innocent pleas to two counts of petty theft and one of commercial burglary. A pretrial hearing was scheduled for May 25.
Costco officials contacted the Kern County District Attorney’s office after hearing of Target’s charge.
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