{"id":186828,"date":"2026-02-21T00:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186828\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:24:07","slug":"anaheim-collectibles-store-burglarized-180000-in-losses-damage-manager-says-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186828\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim collectibles store burglarized \u2014 $180,000 in losses, damage, manager says \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three burglars stole collectibles including Pok\u00e9mon cards and damaged an Anaheim store earlier this week \u2014 resulting in an estimated $180,000 in losses, a manager of the business said.<\/p>\n

Early Wednesday morning, Feb. 18, masked burglars broke into an insurance-company office in a strip mall, in the 1100 block of Harbor Boulevard, and tunneled through a shared wall with Do-We Collectibles, which operates inside another business called Bubble Screen, said Vincent Bui, the operations manager for the collectibles store.<\/p>\n

The burglars used tools to tear through the wall.<\/p>\n

\"AA security camera captured a suspect using a sledgehammer to shatter display cases inside Do-We Collectibles early Wednesday morning. (Photo courtesy of Do-We Collectibles)<\/p>\n

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Surveillance video footage posted to the store\u2019s Instagram<\/a> account shows the burglars entering Do-We Collectibles through the hole in the wall. One opened a display case and loaded collectible cards into a large black bag, while the others shattered wall-mounted displays with a sledgehammer and filled additional bags with merchandise.<\/p>\n

The three then left the store and fled in a vehicle parked outside the business.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked like they knew the layout of our shop,\u201d Bui said. \u201cThey went right to the display cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anaheim police Sgt. Matt Sutter said a fourth person acted as a getaway driver. A cellphone believed to belong to one of the thieves was left behind, he said.<\/p>\n

The store is still comparing inventory to determine the full scope of the theft, Bui said. Stolen merchandise included Pok\u00e9mon cards such as a Pikachu one valued at $300 and an Umbreon card valued at $600. The store carried multiple copies of both cards, and it is likely more than one of each was taken.<\/p>\n

Some of the stolen items included cards graded by Professional Sports Authenticator, which assigns cards a condition grade and a unique identification number. He said the store would be able to report the stolen graded cards using the ID numbers \u2014 making those items more difficult to sell.<\/p>\n

Collectible stores have increasingly been targeted in high-dollar burglaries across Southern California.<\/p>\n

In Burbank, four men were arrested in connection with a December 2025 burglary in which $100,000 in Pok\u00e9mon cards and other collectibles were stolen from LA Sports Cards, police said.<\/p>\n

Do-We Collectibles was also the target of another theft, in June 2025, Bui said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s another step back,\u201d Bui said of the recent theft. \u201cBut we\u2019ll take three steps forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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