{"id":2247570,"date":"2024-05-18T14:09:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T18:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/punk-allegedly-runs-off-with-binder-full-of-pokemon-cards-but-its-game-over-when-two-mma-coaches-roll-up\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T18:13:20","slug":"punk-allegedly-runs-off-with-binder-full-of-pokemon-cards-but-its-game-over-when-two-mma-coaches-roll-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/punk-allegedly-runs-off-with-binder-full-of-pokemon-cards-but-its-game-over-when-two-mma-coaches-roll-up\/","title":{"rendered":"A punk allegedly steals Pokemon cards, but MMA coaches end the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpunk-allegedly-runs-off-with-binder-full-of-pokemon-cards-but-its-game-over-when-two-mma-coaches-roll-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247570&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This summary covers the \u200cdaring theft of \u2064valuable Pok\u00e9mon cards worth over $30,000 by a suspect named \u200cJasiel Manfarrol in Miami. He was apprehended by MMA coaches after a failed \u200cescape, facing charges of grand theft and aggravated \u200bassault. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-uncle-roger-previews-what-a-future-under-chinese-commies-looks-like\/\" title=\"Uncle Roger gives a glimpse of life under Chinese Communism.\">incident sheds light<\/a> on the high stakes of\u200b the Pok\u00e9mon card market and the swift justice delivered by vigilant bystanders. The summary details the audacious theft of Pok\u00e9mon cards valued over \u2063$30,000 by Jasiel Manfarrol in Miami. MMA coaches intervened, leading to his arrest for grand theft and aggravated assault. This event highlights the lucrative Pok\u00e9mon card industry and the rapid response of alert individuals\u2064 in ensuring justice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Punk Allegedly Runs Off with Binder Full of Pokemon Cards, But It&#8217;s &#8216;Game Over&#8217; When Two MMA Coaches Roll Up<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 18, 2024 at 9:02am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It may seem like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-nfl-stars-brother-on-lam-after-allegedly-gunning-down-youth-football-coach\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL Star\u2019s Brother On Lam After Allegedly Gunning Down Youth Football Coach\">kids\u2019 game<\/a>, but Pok\u00e9mon cards are big business \u2014 big enough that a thief allegedly made off with a binder worth tens of thousands of dollars of them last week.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the purported robber didn\u2019t get very far before he ran into a group that included two mixed martial arts coaches.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/group-tackles-man-who-tried-stealing-30k-worth-of-pokemon-cards\/3305704\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTVJ-TV<\/a> in Miami, the attempted robbery happened on May 6 at Pro Play Games, located in the southwest part of the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice say the suspect, identified as 33-year old Jasiel Manfarrol, walked into the store and asked to see a binder filled with Pok\u00e9mon cards,\u201d WTVJ reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe store\u2019s owner said that once the binder of cards was placed on the counter the suspect grabbed it and left the store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are enough rare Pikachu and Charizard cards that the binder was worth more than $30,000.<\/p>\n<p>While there were about 3,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pokemon-looking-pay-executive-200k-make-games-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> cards in there, that still works out to about $10 a card \u2014 and it\u2019s easy enough to get away with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching him walk away when I told him \u2018drop the stuff,\u2019 he like looked back and was laughing,\u201d general manager AnaMilena Machado told the station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just like at that moment it felt like so helpless, because it was like, we are just watching $30, $40 thousand dollars of our hard work just walk off.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you have jumped in after witnessing this situation?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t laughing, however, once he got outside.<\/p>\n<p>Both the store\u2019s owner and several bystanders had watched what had gone on inside the store. They accosted Manfarrol, police say.<\/p>\n<p>He then took out a pair of pliers and made \u201cseveral stabbing motions\u201d toward the men, police said in the arrest report.<\/p>\n<p>He also told the crowd \u201cI\u2019m going to stab you\u201d in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Manfarrol, who is homeless, managed to get away from that crowd. He didn\u2019t get very far with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viral-video-barking-mans-bizarre-tirade-mcdonalds-pokemon-cards-erupts-fist-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stash of cards<\/a>, though.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after he made his getaway, two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/martial-arts-association-changes-rules-female-athletes-withdraw-protest-handing-womens-championship-males\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA coaches<\/a> who were training nearby managed to corral the suspected thief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend jumped out of the car, cut him off and that\u2019s when we got on top of him and used our jiu jitsu to subdue him,\u201d Dominic Galiana told the station.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 A shop owner and two martial arts coaches caught a thief who was fleeing with more than $30,000 worth of Pok\u00e9mon cards from a game store in southwest Miami, Florida.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/doFVHm78Dm\">pic.twitter.com\/doFVHm78Dm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Total Randomness (@Totalrandome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Totalrandome\/status\/1790866865943691666?\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police arrived moments after he was tackled and arrested the 33-year-old suspect.<\/p>\n<p>He now faces charges of grand theft and aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMA Fighters Foil Pokemon Card Thief's Getaway\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ckxtay6rUvQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s pleaded not guilty to the theft, allegedly telling police he was paid to take the cards.<\/p>\n<p>As Machado said, these are cards that \u201ca lot of people want to have,\u201d either because they\u2019re rare or effective in the card-playing game based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zg-china-allows-pokemon-game-into-the-country-as-gaming-crackdown-ends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo video game franchise<\/a>. Manfarrol wanted them badly enough that he was allegedly willing to risk limb, if not perhaps life, to get away with them.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to two hero MMA coaches, however, the Pok\u00e9mon slogan \u201cgotta catch \u2019em all\u201d referred to what police ended up doing to a suspected thief, not what Manfarrol supposedly wanted to do with the cards. Nice work, men.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. That\u2019s why they have cut us off from 90% of advertisers. Imagine if someone cut your monthly income by 90%. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44670\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44670\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44670\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44670\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44670\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-leaves-for-delaware-as-russians-prepare-to-take-kyiv\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Leaves for Delaware as Russians Prepare to Take Kyiv\">enjoys spending time<\/a> with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a daring move, a punk snatches a binder of valuable Pokemon cards, only to face the unexpected game-changers: two MMA coaches. 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