TAMPA, FL \u2014 Two Tampa men were arrested in the theft of a rare Pok\u00e9mon card worth about $1,050, the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a news release. <\/p>\n
Detectives began investigating the theft of the card, identified as a \u201cMega Gengar ex 284\/217,\u201d from a local card shop on March 17. <\/p>\n
When the suspects, Joseph Roque, 36, and Enrique Saucedo, 26, went into the business on March 17, one distracted the clerk while the other took the card from a display case, deputies said. They left the store with the stolen card. <\/p>\n
Detectives later learned that Roque and Saucedo committed a similar theft earlier this month at another store in downtown St. Petersburg. <\/p>\n
Roque was taken into custody on Friday, investigators said. <\/p>\n
During the investigation, detectives learned that Saucedo had an outstanding warrant from the Tampa Police Department for kidnapping, false imprisonment and domestic violence battery in an unrelated case.<\/p>\n
On Friday, detectives surveilled a Tampa home where they believed Saucedo was located. They moved in when Saucedo tried to avoid being seen, the sheriff\u2019s office said. <\/p>\n
After briefly reentering the home, he was taken into custody without incident. <\/p>\n
Both suspects are facing grand theft charges related to the stolen Pok\u00e9mon card.<\/p>\n
Roque was also charged with dealing in stolen property, while Saucedo is additionally facing the charges from his outstanding warrant. <\/p>\n
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