A man is accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of Phillies jerseys and other merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods stores across the Philadelphia region. Matthew Ramos, 29, of Philadelphia, is charged with organized retail theft, conspiracy, receiving stolen property and other rela ted offenses. The investigation began on May 21, 2026, at 12:20 p.m. when Upper Merion Police responded to the Dick’s Sporting Goods at the King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, for a reported theft in progress. When they arrived, they learned that a man wearing a baseball cap, white shirt and multicolored shorts stole ten pairs of North Face shorts worth a total value of $880. Another theft occurred on May 25, 2026, at 6:37 p.m. at the Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Franklin Mall – aka the Franklin Mills Mall — in Philadelphia. Police said two men stole 50 Philadelphia Phillies jerseys worth a total value of $6,549.50. The men then entered a blue Toyota Scion TC and fled the area. After the theft, Philadelphia police reviewed surveillance video of the vehicle and shared it with other departments. The next day, on May 26, at 3:53 p.m., a man wearing a blue Phillies jersey, baseball cap and black pants stole Nike women’s apparel from the Dick’s Sporting Goods store on 500 West Germantown Pike in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. The stolen items were valued at $1,751.96, according to officials. Surveillance video of the suspect, identified by police as Matthew Ramos. Investigators said the man was wearing one of the Phillies jerseys that was stolen from the Dick’s Sporting Goods store at the Franklin Mall the previous evening. The man entered the same blue Toyota Scion that was used in the previous theft and fled the area, according to the criminal complaint. A Plymouth Township police officer responded to the theft and spotted the blue Toyota Scion near Germantown Pike and Launfall Road. The officer activated his emergency lights and siren, but the driver didn’t stop and continued at a high speed, officials said. The vehicle was last seen on I-276. The next day, on May 27, Philadelphia police learned of a theft that occurred at a Lululemon store in Delaware County. Matthew Ramos of Philadelphia was identified as the suspect in that theft, and he used the same blue Toyota Scion that was used in the thefts in Philadelphia and Plymouth Meeting, investigators said. Ramos had warrants out of Delaware and Bucks counties for retail thefts at the time, according to the criminal complaint. On May 30, shortly after 7 p.m., the blue Toyota Scion was spotted by a Philadelphia police officer, investigators said. Ramos and two other men were inside the vehicle but released pending further investigation, according to the criminal complaint. The vehicle was then towed by Philadelphia police. More than a week later, on June 8, police executed a search warrant on the Toyota Scion and found several items that were possibly related to the Dick’s Sporting Goods thefts that occurred on May 21 and May 26, according to the criminal complaint. More than two weeks later, on June 23, at 5:31 p.m., two men stole 54 Phillies jerseys worth a total value of $7,073.46 from the Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Franklin Mall in Philadelphia, police said. The two men – later identified by police as Ramos and 38-year-old Derek Martin of Ambler, Pennsylvania – entered a black Mercedes and an unidentified driver drove off, according to the criminal complaint. Then on June 26, at 7:15 p.m., police spotted the Mercedes along the 1200 block of East Sedgely Avenue, investigators said. Ramos was arrested by police as he walked away from the vehicle, according to the criminal complaint. Two other men – including Martin and the owner of the vehicle – were inside the car, police said. In all, Ramos and his accomplices stole $16,254.92 in merchandise from the stores, officials said. Ramos was taken into custody and is currently being held in the Montgomery County Prison after failing to post bail. Investigators said he has an extensive criminal history, which includes charges of burglary, theft, robbery, aggravated assault, and retail theft. He also pleaded guilty in January of this year to misdemeanor retail theft. Online court records don’t list an attorney who could speak on Ramos’ behalf. Martin – who police continue to search for – has a lengthy criminal record as well, including charges of theft, burglary, retail theft, robbery, criminal trespass, and forgery, according to investigators. He was previously convicted three times for retail theft, once in 2013 and twice in 2023, officials said. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less