Ax-wielding suspect breaks into trading card store during winter storm
By Jason Burger
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EDMOND, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A suspect armed with an ax broke into Breakpoint Cards and Collectibles in Edmond during a winter storm over the weekend, stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of trading cards.
The suspect was inside the store for about 35 seconds, during which he took trading cards valued at close to $30,000, according to co-owners Chandler Ogle and Ryan Alverado.
“He finds out after scrolling through some stuff that someone broke through the window, so we got in our cars and headed up here,” Chandler Ogle, co-owner of Breakpoint Cards and Collectibles, said.
The security video shows the suspect heading directly to a specific display case.
“Each one of the cards he took was probably around a grand in value, and he took about 20 to 30 cards,” said Ryan Alverado. “We suspect he might have been in here before or knew someone that had been here before. That was our high-dollar case—that was the case that hold some of the most high-dollar cards we have, mostly Pokémon,” Alverado said.
Edmond police records confirm the suspect, who has a home address in Texas, was taken into custody on Monday. Although not formally charged, he was arrested on complaints of burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle, and obstruction of an officer.
“We’ve matched the certification numbers on the slabs, so it appears he had our inventory,” Ogle said.
Breakpoint Cards and Collectibles sells a variety of sports cards, Pokémon cards, and other trading card sets and collectibles, many of which are rare and hard to find.
Ogle and Alverado said they are relieved to recover the stolen items.
“A lot of them are older, and still in really good condition, and a lot of older cards are not in good condition—but when you get old stuff—stuff that’s from 20 years ago, and it’s still in good shape, people pay more for it,” Ogle said.
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