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Memory Lane Case Solved…
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Thief or thieves have been arrested and the $2 million dollar card heist has been solved with all cards recovered.
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Highest bidders on those cards can now complete his or her purchase if so desired in the news release.
STRONGSVILLE, OH - May 23, 2024
Fellow Collectors, We would like to express our sincere appreciation for your understanding, patience and support regarding the unfortunate theft of cards. Thankfully, we can inform you, the stolen cards have been recovered! We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to the Strongsville Police Department for their diligent efforts throughout the investigation, the successful retrieval of the cards and
resulting arrest in this case. We refrained from making any official statements specific to the stolen cards until receiving approval from Detectives assigned to the case. Throughout this process, the Strongsville Police requested confidentiality as to not impede their efforts or any progress during their investigation. This was crucial to maximize their efforts
in retrieving the stolen cards as quickly as possible. Adhering to these instructions proved pivotal in ensuring
a successful outcome in recovering the cards. To those customers with highest bids on these cards, we reaffirm our offer to proceed with final purchase if you still
desire. We will follow up with you individually. Thank you once again for your understanding, support
and patience throughout this challenging time.
We greatly appreciate it.
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Well I’ll be darned.
It was at Holiday Inn Express the whole time.. Never saw that coming.
Glad they got them back.
I am so glad to hear that this is resolved. I guess keeping the auction going was the right thing to do after all.
Keeping it going may or may not have been the correct thing to do. Not being upfront and transparent about the entire process plus the decision to ship $2 million worth of cards versus transport them via a MLI employee on a flight is not a good look. I am glad the cards were located in the wining bidders will receive the items they are expecting; however, I think a lot of people in the hobby might look at them differently in regards to consigning cards with Memory Lane going forward based on this recent episode.
Where do you see that mentioned? Everything I've read still says Best Western Plus.
Or is that just the sound of a joke whoooshing over my head?
2 Cards are still missing I'm sure Memory Lane will still auction them again regardless.
The alleged thief attempted to sell some of the cards to a local shop on the Monday after the theft occurred.
Alleged thief maybe, a total moron definitely.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
I have bad jokes. Is all not facts. I meant the culprit as a joke. I have nothing to add to this story. Carry on
So no more news will be forthcoming? Such as to the why,who,how etc.
The only excuse I have for not carrying cards on the plane is that TSA is known to open sealed products to swipe test because they suck. You also don't want to check that stuff the way it's treated. All you need is 2 Milly worth of slabs ended up on the conveyor belt floor and shoveled back in. They also randomly open bags. If you're not going to ship them, gotta be a carry-on at worst or take a bonded load via truck.
I am glad that scooby and the gang was finally able to crack the case.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
I get it. Had the thief stayed at a Holiday Inn Express things would have likely gone very different. As you suggest. I appreciate the depth of this joke.
Well played, my friend. Comedy gold with a double entendre.
Come on people now. Smile on your brothers.
I may hold that check for a few days until I’m sure the cards will be delivered. Aren’t they evidence at this point? I assume that the value of cards will have relevance to the charges?
Are the high bidders obligated to pay since ML didn’t have the cards when the auction ended? If I was a consignor, I may want to have the cards re-auctioned since the publicity for the cards is sky high right now.
Recovered Stolen Cars are returned to owners quickly so why not Cards? How is it done in OH?
The final sale price for each of these cards went for less than they should have given that their whereabouts were still in question. Many potential buyers did not bid specifically because of this issue. It's shocking that these auctions have been allowed to be processed and that the inept Memory Lane will profit from the commission from these sales.
Was there news before the listings ended? I thought nothing broke till after they were over. Plus there was never a list of which cards were missing, was there?
News broke after the ML auction closed…and no release of which cards were stolen. I read that two cards have not been recovered : 1941 Playball Ted Williams PSA-8 and a Christy Mathewson .
That makes much more sense. I had read(or misread) that the auction was going on even while the cards were missing which made no sense at all.
Well you did read that, but you read that after the auctions were already over. The auction did go on while the cards were missing, thus the conundrum with regards to ethics and such....
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/brunswick-man-arrested-in-theft-of-21-million-worth-of-sports-cards-jacob-paxton-mickey-mantle-roberto-clemente/95-8e104ad7-5497-4ba3-b1f6-daf672bb2c65
What did the two missing cards "sell" for in the auction?
$62.5 for the Walter Johnson…and $27.5 for the Ted Williams.
Great chain of custody.......surprised it doesn't happen more often.
So typical, that’s what always happens. The dumbest thing you could do. lol
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Weird though because when I saw the mug shot I was getting physicist vibes.
I wonder who the guy is in relationship to the hotel? Maybe the cards never actually made it to the hotel? We don't really know anything. Couldn't have been a very thought out plan to go to local card shops to try and sell extremely unique vintage cards. It's possible they don't get back the missing 2 cards. He probably has no incentive to reveal what happened to the cards? The enforcement of laws right now are so lenient that it's crazy. It's possible the guy doesn't even serve major jail time.
Not going to be an easy case unless it can be proven alleged thief knew what what was in the sealed box. How perp was caught proves that is likley not the situation.
Seems to me any competent defense attorney will get this plea-ed out to a misdemeanor. Now if it had been shipped via USPS then regardless of value you'd be talking felony.
If any attorneys reading this I'd very much like to have your educated opinions.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
He was the front-desk attendant for that Hotel. This particular criminal mastermind also quit the day after he stole the package. He's (Jacob Paxton) definitely special.
This article includes some of the detail.
https://www.otia.com/news/major-theft-of-vintage-baseball-cards-thwarted-suspect-arrested/
The Strongsville PD has an interface to look up police reports, but I could not find this one.
I think this is going to require more than 'any competent defense attorney', but he's probably going to be stuck with a public defender.
Sorry ladies. Jacob is off the market for a bit.
See what I meant about 'physicist'.... He's figuring things out.
Most crimes are inside jobs.
He was the front-desk attendant for that Hotel. This particular criminal mastermind also quit the day after he stole the package.
agreed a true mastermind , right up there with the genius' at Memory Lane
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
I'm sure this was not his 1st crime at that hotel. Probably used to go into guests rooms when they were away. I wouldn't want him at the front desk if I was the hotel. He doesn't look like grooming and hygiene is a huge priority.
I'm going to cast Jonah Hill for the role of Jacob Paxton.
He reminds me of any NHL goaltender post Game 7.
Come on people now. Smile on your brothers.