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Chicago Trading-Card Shop Reports $100,000 Theft of Pokémon and Sports Packs

Police are investigating with no arrests reported.

Overview

  • Surveillance video shows masked intruders breaking into Elite Sports Cards and heading straight for high-end inventory.
  • Owner Ronnie Holiday says about $100,000 in sealed Pokémon and major-league sports card packs were taken.
  • Holiday says the thieves skipped the register, jumped the counter, and fled within minutes.
  • He believes the crew scoped the store in advance based on how they moved through it and how quickly they left.
  • Holiday plans security upgrades and new front windows that he says will cost thousands of dollars as detectives work the case.