Man Accused Of Stealing $200K Worth Of Baseball, Pokemon Cards
Jun 10, 2020, 4:24 PM | Updated: 11:23 pm
SPANISH FORK, Utah – A Springville man has been accused of stealing baseball, Pokemon and Disney cards worth an estimated $200,000 from a storage unit, according to court documents.
Police said Bodie Bona, 39, was arrested and charged Monday with one count of burglary, a third-degree felony, and one count of theft, a second-degree felony.
According to a probable cause statement, Bona broke into a Spanish Fork storage unit on Dec. 10, 2019, and stole several items.
Victims told police several baseball, Pokemon and Disney cards were taken and they had a fair market value of $200,000.
The victims said they also recovered a credit card belonging to Bona in the storage unit.
“The victim had no idea who that person was,” said Lt. Brandon Anderson with the Spanish Fork Police Department.
Investigators said Bona took the cards to memorabilia stores and “provided his name, phone number and an inventory of the cards he had for sale to the prospective buyers.”
Police showed the list of cards to the victims, who said they recognized some of the items.
Jerry Sloan, Bo Jackson, Pete Maravich, and Ken Griffey Jr. would all be cool cards to have for any collection. But these cards are evidence in a crime. We’ll get into the investigation being done by @SpanishForkPD tonight on @KSL5TV at 10. #ksltv pic.twitter.com/koKaJD6ro3
— Alex Cabrero (@KSL_AlexCabrero) June 11, 2020
Bona was able to sell some of the cards and one buyer offered to pay $4,000 for a small portion of the cards, according to court documents.
However, police said Bona did not believe it was worth selling the cards at that price and Bona told the buyer he was traveling to Las Vegas and other locations to sell the cards.
Detectives said they were able to obtain surveillance video from that interaction, which identified Bona as the seller.
When police searched Bona’s house, they found tons of cards and arrested him.
“We still have a box or so that we don’t know who the owners are,” Anderson said.
Before you call police saying those cards are yours, though, detectives will ask you for markings in the notebooks they’re in.
As for Bona, police said he has a long record of breaking into storage sheds, homes and cars. Prosecutors recommended he be held on a bail of $15,250.
