{"id":68463,"date":"2025-07-17T00:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68463\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T00:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:04:11","slug":"jacksonville-trading-card-store-targeted-in-string-of-break-ins-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/68463\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville trading card store targeted in string of break-ins \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Rally Point Cards in Mandarin is bouncing back after a break-in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Store owner Jayme Neher told Action News Jax the burglary happened early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">At his store, Neher mostly sells Pok\u00e9mon cards. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The store owner says the cards have exploded in popularity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cA really, really rare Pikachu illustrator rare. If you grade that, it could be worth anywhere between three to four hundred thousand dollars,\u201d Neher told us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">In his store, one single card can go for more than $1,000. Online, we found cards priced in the hundreds of thousands, some even worth millions of dollars. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/SQ5AZOWQ2VHSHHBUPI2K5JZOCM.png\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Rally Point Cards <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Similar trading card stores have been targeted across North and Central Florida. Neher doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The string of break-ins started on June 17 when someone targeted a store in Belleview, Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Then, on July 11th, trading card shops in Gainesville and Ocala were hit back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">On Tuesday, July 15th, Jayme Neher\u2019s store in Mandarin was hit around 6 AM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The next morning, another card store in Pineallas Park was targeted, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cIt seems to be somebody just hitting stores and just hitting them quickly and getting out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The store owners believe the culprit is the same person. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Surveillance video from the stores shows a person dressed in a gray-colored hoodie, wearing gloves and a headlamp, carrying a plastic storage container. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/AH6DPFBCXZBXBAENP5FG5FENEQ.jpg\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Rally Point Cards The glass of Rally Point Cards was smashed during a burglary on June 15. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Because some of the more valuable cards are authenticated with serial numbers, the store owners say the cards will be difficult to resell. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">In the meantime, he says he is working on adding upgraded security to his store and just cutting his losses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">According to the incident report from the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, around 250 Pok\u00e9mon cards were said to have been stolen. The stolen merchandise is believed to be worth upwards of $6,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">One store owner in Belleview says the burglar made off with $35,000 worth of merchandise &#8211; that\u2019s the most stolen of all five stores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Neher says he filed a police report with the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, but no word yet on who the suspect(s) may be. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Rally Point Cards in Mandarin is bouncing back after a break-in. 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