Police are on the hunt for the couple of Hammer-weilding thieves who stole thousand of dollars worth of Pokemon cards from two stores. With the rise of Pokémon card collecting, Pokémon crimes have become more. High-speed police chases, collector robbed at gunpoint, and even a fight broke out over a rare Pokémon cards.
Thieves hit Michigan game store for Pokemon cards
On May 16, the two masked crooks dressed in black broke into the RIW Hobbies & Gaming in Livonia, Michigan. At 5AM, the security cameras captured footage of the duo smashing the display cases and grabbing thousands of dollars worth of Pokemon cards which they had out in sack.
The owner of the store Pam Willoughby was appalled when she opened later the morning she saw the shope state. She said a news outlet that she actually watched them just standing in the building by themselves swinging a hammer, it was little unnerving, it was a invasion. When the cost of damage was added ot was around $12,000.
Well the duo who entered did not get every card. Willoughbty remarked how the two carelessey dropped the Charizard on the way out.
This is not the only case there was also a Team Rocket inspired crew hit, just four days later , where a haller wilding individual in similar attire brok inot the Eternal Games. The thief leapt over a display case, put cards into sack and fled the scen.
Eternal Games assistant manager Dakota Olszewski claimed that the thief stole $3,500 worth rare singles.
Well for now the hunt of these two suspectsd are on and this is just the latest in a long line of Pokemon Card crimes over the years.
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