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SPANISH FORK — A man who police believe stole about $200,000 worth of baseball cards from a storage shed has been charged.
Bodie David Bona, 39, of Springville, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court with theft, a second-degree felony, and burglary, a third-degree felony.
Investigators believe Bona broke into a storage shed in Spanish Fork in December and took “multiple collectible baseball cards, Pokeman cards, and Disney cards,” worth approximately $200,000, according to charging documents.
The burglary wasn’t discovered until March, according to a search warrant affidavit. When it was discovered, the baseball card owners found one of Bona’s credit cards left behind in the storage shed, the charges state.
“Further investigation found (Bona) went to multiple sports memorabilia and collectible stores trying to sell the cards,” according to the charges.
Bona told one store owner he was also going to try and sell some of the cards in Las Vegas, the charges state.
According to the search warrant, other items of sports memorabilia were taken in addition to the cards.
“One big item that was stolen was several signed baseballs by former U.S. presidents,” the warrant states, while adding that one store owner recalled that Bona entered his business “with a suitcase that had signed baseballs by former U.S. presidents.”
“Bodie has a substantial criminal history of burglary, felony theft, possession of dangerous drugs and forgery. Bodie is a career criminal in breaking into storage units as well as homes, vehicles and other outbuildings,” the warrant added.
