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Stolen Comics: Wizard World Chicago, Empire in Sacramento and Thief Sentenced

Published Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:30:32 -0500

Sometimes comic books get stolen. Bleeding Cool does what it can to get the word out.

The following books were stolen from Tomorrow's Treasures at Wizard Chicago Comic Con on Saturday, August 24th.

Action Comics #19 CGC 7.5
Daredevil #1 (1941) CGC 4.5
Daredevil #1 (1964) CGC 4.5
Detective Comics #144 CGC. 9.0
Mystery In Space #4 CGC 9.4
Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 5.0
Amazing Spider-Man #1 CGC 3.5
Startling Comics #22 CGC 6.5
Sweethearts #119 CGC 4.5
Tales of Suspense #2 CGC 7.0
Tales of Suspense #3 CGC 7.0
Tales To Astonish #9 CGC 8.5

A long box of comics was stolen in a smash and grab at Empire Comics in Sacramento, California. Letters D – H, Monday, August 26th.

With the suspect looking like this:

And in related news, a David Emmons Stone, 49, was sentenced to eight years for stealing comic books and baseball cards from storage units rented by Danilo Cabahug, who owned a sports memorabilia shop in New Jersey and later rented a storage unit after his store closed, with a quarter of a million dollars worth of stock.

Stone pled not-guilty, claiming that he owned the recovered property and too had been a victim of burglary. But in February, Stone was found guilty of theft of more than $25,000 and less than $100,000, a felony that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. State sentencing guidelines based on a defendant's criminal record and other factors, called for a penalty ranging from four to eight years. $65,000 worth of property was recovered, the rest is still missing. Stone was ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution to Cabahug.

Stone had cut a circular hole in the metal door of the storage unit, removed the lock and stole comic books, baseball cards and other property. After some of Cabahug's property was spotted inside another storage unit on the premises, detectives conducted searches of Stone's abandoned storage unit and a rented unit elsewhere, which yielded recovery of baseball cards, comic books and other property reported stolen.

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