{"id":101091,"date":"2026-01-15T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101091\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:28:12","slug":"pokemon-shop-robbed-of-100000-in-merchandise-by-armed-burglars-in-manhattan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101091\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon shop robbed of $100,000 in merchandise by armed burglars in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK &#8212; An investigation is underway following an armed robbery at a Pok\u00e9mon shop in New York City Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">NYPD officials say officers responded to a 911 call for three men wearing masks robbing the Pok\u00e9 Court at 412 W. 13th St. in Manhattan&#8217;s Meatpacking District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">An employee told our sister station WABC that over $100,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from the store.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/18405183_011426-wabc-robbery-poke-shop-img.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They said the three suspects, who were wearing anime backpacks, kept everyone in the store while the robbery occurred, and were armed with a gun and hammers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The store was packed with more than 40 customers for its first-ever community event when the robbers stormed in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The employee said the robbery lasted about three minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The store opened last November and sells Pok\u00e9mon cards, card accessories, Pok\u00e9mon-inspired lifestyle goods, and curated artist creations.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; An investigation is underway following an armed robbery at a Pok\u00e9mon shop in New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[46287,9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-101091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-46287","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}