Why wait in line at Target for hours for Pokémon cards when revving a chainsaw would work? This appears to be the conclusion reached by a 33-year-old West Palm Beach man, Clayton Warren, who allegedly broke into a store with a portable power saw to steal valuable cards.
As reported by KSL, security footage revealed that Warren first attempted to break the window of a card shop called Collection Realm with a rock. This attempt was followed by Warren using a chainsaw, which was allegedly used to break into the store. Blood was found at the scene of the crime, according to a police report by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. A man fitting Warren’s description visited the store on May 19, a few days before the apparent theft.
Like most card shops, Collection Realm held a variety of expensive cards behind a glass display by the cash register. Pictures of the shop also show that the store sold a number of coveted Pokémon boxes that are in such demand that they often sell for three or more times the original retail value.
Collection Realm’s owner estimates that around $12,000 in sleeved and bulk cards were pilfered by Warren. After the shop owner alerted the authorities, investigators tracked a license plate to a home in West Palm Beach. Warren was found there, and has since been charged with burglary of an unoccupied structure and grand theft between $10,000 and $20,000.
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