Stolen vintage card collection be on the lookout

MikeGarcia · #1 09-17-2014, 09:42 PM

... these guys are going away for a long time...kidnapping is a lot of years ; a lot...please keep up your spirits ; thanks for the updates.

Kid Poker · #2 09-18-2014, 09:20 PM

Update:

Wanted to provide an update. Thank you to all fellow card collectors who have lead me to some of my cards or have returned some. I am not quite sure exactly what came back as of yet but I was told that have been documented and pictures will be emailed over to me. The cards won't be back home until after investigation and who knows how long that will be but I guess the cards are in a safer place then back in my possession. Knowing how difficult it is for everyone who purchased the cards not knowing they were stolen I commend you for your honesty and integrity while deeply sympathize for your monetary loss. Once the dust settles I will reach out to everyone and return any retribution I can whether it be covering up a portion of your losses or sending out cards that I still have to help.

As far as the crooks I can tell you one of them have been caught and charged. I can't go into details as of yet but I have new utter respect for law enforcement as well as every government agency that server to protect us. They have literally bent over backwards on this case returning/picking calls late into the night, drove thousands of miles as well as put my family is special protective watch. I have a couple of them on speed dial and we chat more then with my own wife.

It is amazing how some of these cards quickly spread from Chicago to Florida in less then a weeks time frame. I was told the criminals took a road trip immediately and start selling them in portions to avoid looking suspicious. There is still so much unaccounted for but I'm optimistic they will show up and hopefully returning back to daddy. I will update and working on a website with detailed info on every stolen cards. This will come off really clich� but after just being in a state of shock for the past few weeks I finally have realized how fortunate I am to be alive,surrounded by great people and to live every day as if it might be my last..

Shoebox · #3 09-18-2014, 10:42 PM

Glad to hear the update and glad you and your family are safe.

ALR-bishop · #4 09-19-2014, 08:03 AM

Did you get it back ? Did they do any damage in your house in grabbing the cards ?

brob28 · #5 09-19-2014, 09:31 AM

Glad to hear it seems this may turn out somewhat better for you. Can you share with us your ideas on how they came to target you? It seems obvious that they knew you had valuable cards. I'm hoping that besides you getting your cards back and your family recovering a sense of security, that other collectors can learn how to avoid this happening to them.

Kid Poker · #6 09-22-2014, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Did you get it back ? Did they do any damage in your house in grabbing the cards ?

They kicked in my doors and busted open my safes. The big safe I was forced to open

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Originally Posted by brob28

Glad to hear it seems this may turn out somewhat better for you. Can you share with us your ideas on how they came to target you? It seems obvious that they knew you had valuable cards. I'm hoping that besides you getting your cards back and your family recovering a sense of security, that other collectors can learn how to avoid this happening to them.

I'm not sure how but the card collecting community is quite small. I think it must of been through a card show,shop or someone that knew I collecting that might of overheard something or another and then I was targeted.

MikeGarcia · #7 09-22-2014, 01:26 PM

... unless these perps were unarmed underage juveniles they are going away for what amounts to '' Life'' in an Illinois prison.

...in all likelihood this is not the first time they've committed a serious crime , a felony ; so as more wretched details come out , the list of crimes is escalating to include armed home-invasion robbery , kidnapping , the assaults/batteries , grand theft etc. etc.---

...thanks for keeping us posted ; if they're caught alive , our tax dollars will be feeding them for at least 20-to-40....hang in there...

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