{"id":302654,"date":"2026-10-08T22:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302654\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T22:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:44:12","slug":"police-man-distracted-workers-at-berkshire-mall-while-another-stole-8000-playing-card-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302654\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Man distracted workers at Berkshire Mall while another stole $8,000 playing card | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

WYOMISSING, Pa. \u2014 Authorities said a man distracted mall employees in Berks County while another man stole an $8,000 playing card.<\/p>\n

Richard Figueroa, 43, is charged with retail theft and driving while his operating privileges were suspended or revoked, according to court paperwork.<\/p>\n

The ultra-rare, mint-condition PSA 10 Sabo Manga Alt Art Red card was stolen from the Berkshire Mall around 4 p.m. on Aug. 28, authorities said in court documents.<\/p>\n

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Store security footage showed two men speaking before they walked away from one another, police said.<\/p>\n

A man in a black T-shirt, later identified as Figueroa, walked to the register and began talking with store employees, police said. Police said his conversation distracted employees while another man took the card.<\/p>\n

The man who took the card left the store with a younger man while Figueroa continued talking with employees, court paperwork said.<\/p>\n

Mall security footage showed the man who took the card and the other man leaving the mall together, authorities said.<\/p>\n

In an interview with police, Figueroa said he drove himself and the two others to the Berkshire Mall. He told police he was a trading-card enthusiast who often goes to card shops to buy and sell cards, authorities said in court documents.<\/p>\n

Figueroa told police he drove everyone from the mall after the theft.<\/p>\n

Figueroa is in Berks County Prison after being unable to post bail and faces a preliminary hearing Oct. 19.<\/p>\n

Court paperwork does not say whether authorities plan to charge the other two men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WYOMISSING, Pa. \u2014 Authorities said a man distracted mall employees in Berks County while another man stole an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[131,124478,124480,128,130,129,13995,124479,133],"class_list":["post-302654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berkshire-mall","tag-playing-card","tag-psa-10-sabo-manga-alt-art-red","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-retail-theft","tag-trading-card","tag-wyomissing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}