Overview
- Surveillance video shows three masked suspects rushed into The Card Lab just before closing on Saturday and seized high-value Pokémon booster boxes in about 39 seconds.
- The store's manager hid and locked herself in a break room and was not injured during the theft.
- Witnesses and footage indicate the suspects fled in a black Nissan Altima after taking an estimated $15,000 in cards and collectibles.
- Owner Ronnie Hackett temporarily closed The Card Lab, publicly shared the surveillance video to solicit tips, and is upgrading store security systems.
- Retailers and reporters say this theft fits a wider pattern of fast, targeted robberies of valuable trading cards that are easy to move and hard to trace, leaving small hobby shops especially vulnerable.