New Bedford man arrested in connection with theft of high-value Pokémon cards

July 23, 2025 3:50 pm

Gino DeAngelis,

High-value Pokémon cards that were recovered from a suspect connected to a theft from a collectibles shop in New Bedford. (New Bedford Police Department)

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The New Bedford Police Department said a man was arrested in connection with the theft of high-value Pokémon cards.

24-year-old Richard Jovahn Nunes was charged with six counts of receiving stolen property over $1,200.

Police said that 1st Edition Collectibles was broken into on July 8 and multiple high-value products were stolen.

A tip came in on July 21 when a person attempted to sell a Base Set Unlimited Green Wings Booster Box valued at $30,000, one of the items that was stolen.

Another tip that came into the Taunton Police Department said that the same individual attempted to sell similar cards to those that were stolen, and police determined it was highly unlikely that they were uninvolved in the original theft.

Nunes was then identified and taken into custody, and a search of his residence allegedly found the following items, all of which match to items that were stolen from the shop: