Man faces 20 years in jail for trying to steal $1.1K in Pokemon and Magic cards Office of Stafford County SheriffIt\u2019s not every day you hear about someone pulling an actual heist for Pokemon and Magic cards, but that\u2019s precisely what happened in Stafford County, Virginia. The would-be thief, identified as 33-year-old Stephen Philpott, couldn\u2019t quite \u201ccatch \u2019em all,\u201d landing himself in handcuffs instead of in possession of the collectibles. Philpott tried to swipe over $1,100 worth of Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, and Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards from a local Target. Employees promptly tipped off authorities about a \u201clarceny in progress.\u201d According to the sheriff\u2019s office, \u201cDeputy J.A. Brooks was not playing Pokemon Go, for he was responding to Target for a report of a larceny.\u201d Deputies then positioned themselves at the store\u2019s exit, fully aware that the suspect was \u201cabout to leave the shop.\u201d And leave he did, setting off what the sheriff\u2019s office humorously described as a very short-lived escape: \u201cThe fleeing suspect fled only a few feet before giving up and peacefully surrendering.\u201d Philpott was detained not \u201cin a Poke ball, but in handcuffs,\u201d adding a dose of reality to his aspirations. What Philpott seemingly didn\u2019t realize was the gravity of his actions. In Virginia, stealing merchandise worth over $1,000 automatically upgrades the charge from misdemeanor to felony grand larceny. \u201cSeeing the grand total activated Deputy Brook\u2019s trap card to charge the 33-year-old with grand larceny,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office noted. But that\u2019s not all for Philpott; he was a man already wanted. As the sheriff\u2019s office revealed, Philpott was \u201calso wanted out of Prince William County for grand larceny, and Stafford County for failure to appear.\u201d In the Sheriff\u2019s words, \u201cWhile Philpott attempted to gather, catch, and draw cards, he instead was able to gather, catch, and be dealt all his warrants.\u201d Philpott\u2019s attempt to emulate Ash Ketchum could now land him behind bars for up to 20 years. He may even share a cell with the prison guard who was arrested for stealing Pokemon cards just one week prior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Man faces 20 years in jail for trying to steal $1.1K in Pokemon and Magic cards Office of Stafford County SheriffIt\u2019s not every day you hear about someone pulling an actual heist for Pokemon and Magic cards, but that\u2019s precisely what happened in Stafford County, Virginia. The would-be thief, identified as 33-year-old Stephen Philpott, couldn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}