>>42752645It's a little more complicated... I was trying to keep it brief.
Technically only one kid got their cards back: the first one he'd stolen from who had noticed their charizard was missing and told the store manager but NOT the pokemon league leader! The manager called the thief aside and talked to him. The kid who reported the missing card got his charizard back, but the Thief claimed the rest of the stolen cards were all his.
The thief's mom was in the store at the time so the thief was escorted out FAST by the manager and his mom. There was little to no time to react.
As soon as the league runner found out she told us all to check our binders and she went to the manager demanding the kid and his mom's name and contact info. I had a bad feeling so I tried to chase the kid instead of checking my binder. As I ran for the door I passed the league leader fighting with the manager who was either not complying or didn't know a thing. It was a clusterfuck.
And as I exited the store I saw the little bastard in his mom's car driving away, mom yelling at him. He was smiling.
We were told the thief was banned from the store so I there was no chance of seeing him again. We were all fucked. We never saw them again nor did any of us get our cards back. He had even gone so far as grabbing unattended decks and binders and stealing from those as well. He started with unattended stuff before asking to "look" at attended things. It's how he stole from so many of us so fast. 