Suspect In Triple Trading Card Theft Faces Charges In Warrington

WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — A Philadelphia man is facing charges after stealing trading cards from a township store on three separate occasions.

On April 15, Warrington Police were called to the Walmart store to investigate a series of retail thefts. Surveillance footage and store records showed the same man stealing Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards three separate times.

Police said the man first entered the store on February 27 and selected three boxes of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. He opened the packages and concealed the contents in his coat pocket before leaving the store without paying. The value of the stolen merchandise was $53.61.

The man returned on March 12 and repeated the theft, again taking three boxes of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards valued at $53.61. On March 22, the man entered Walmart for a third time and stole five additional boxes of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards worth $89.35.

The man was identified on April 13 by Hilltown Township Police as 31-year-old Felix Alexander Diaz Jr. of Philadelphia. The combined value of the stolen merchandise from the three incidents was $196.57.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 8. Diaz and his attorney failed to appear, and all charges were held for Bucks County Common Pleas Court.

Diaz is charged with three counts of retail theft and three counts of receiving stolen merchandise.