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Pokémon Cards Lead to 10-Year Sentence | Wilmington News
A man named Joseph Trevor Wilson got nearly 11 years in prison for robbing a game store, stealing $21,000 worth of Pokémon cards, cash, and a phone—after spraying pepper spray, zip-tieing the clerk, and brandishing a fake gun. Surveillance and witness testimony led cops to nab him five days later during a traffic stop, where they also found a BB gun, drugs, and a notebook with a Pokémon drawing and “payday” scrawled on it. Wilson confessed he was forced into it by debt, then pleaded guilty to multiple charges—including robbery with a dangerous weapon and kidnapping. The judge sentenced him to…
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