Judge uses electronic tag on Pokémon card tracker. It's super effective!
She discovered it while making a delivery to Walmart on June 18 and was described in court documents as "a carrier/vendor of Pokémon cards."Kubasta initially pleaded not guilty to illegal use of a tracking device, but later waived his right to trial and pleaded no contest. Court records say he placed the device on the van to follow local card deliveries. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); For his crime, Kubasta was sentenced [PDF] to 12 months of community control – Ohio's term for probation – under basic supervision.
- ▪She discovered it while making a delivery to Walmart on June 18 and was described in court documents as "a carrier/vendor of Pokémon cards."Kubasta initially pleaded not guilty to illegal use of a tracking device, but later waived his right
- ▪Court records say he placed the device on the van to follow local card deliveries.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); For his crime, Kubasta was sentenced [PDF] to 12 months of community control – Ohio's term for probation – under basic supervision.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); offbeat Judge uses electronic tag on Pokémon card tracker. It's super effective! Ohio man planted a device on a delivery van to follow scarce trading card stock and caught a year of probation Connor Jones Connor Jones Cybersecurity reporter Published fri 25 Sep 2026 // 10:15 UTC READ MORE Your files are in four places and nobody knows which one is right 30 minutes ago UK wants more homes heated by waste heat from datacenters 45 minutes ago Huawei Cloud Rolls Out Enterprise AI Products…
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