Snowy bandit arrested after attempting to steal thousands in merchandise from Edmond store

EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – A 40-year-old man is now in custody after breaking into an Edmond business during the weekend snowstorm and attempting to steal thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise.

At around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, officers with the Edmond Police Department responded to a glass-break alarm at the Breakpoint Cards and Collectibles business near East Danforth Road and North Bryant Avenue.

When police arrived, they found a broken front window and an axe located inside the store. Officers were able to obtain surveillance video, which showed a White male, later identified as 40-year-old Jacob Mize, wearing a hoodie, sweatpants, and black shoes, breaking the window and smashing a display case with the axe while stealing high-valued Pokémon cards before fleeing the scene.

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According to a police report, officers followed his footprints in fresh snow that was falling that night. The footprints led to the Sequoyah Middle School parking lot, where they turned into tire tracks. Police used traffic camera video, showing a red Chevrolet Camaro traveling west following the burglary…

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