Two Men Charged in $26,475 Pokémon Card Burglary at Minnesota Arcade

A plastic bag left near a shattered display case helped investigators identify a suspect in a Pokémon card burglary at an Eagan, Minnesota, arcade, according to charges against two St. Paul men.

Mitchell Teng Yang, 37, and Yeng Yang, 34, each face felony counts of third-degree burglary and theft over the June 27, 2026, break-in at DUCK!, a claw machine arcade. Court documents value the stolen cards, packs and graded collectibles at $26,475.

The allegations connect two investigations involving the same defendants: the Eagan burglary and another at an Osseo trading card store one week later, on July 4, 2026. Both men had already been charged in the Osseo case before the Eagan charges were reported in October 2026.

FOX 9’s Oct. 27, 2026, account of the criminal complaints describes DNA testing, surveillance identifications and cellphone records among the evidence investigators gathered. The charges are allegations, and both men are presumed innocent.

The bag left behind

The Eagan break-in happened at about 3:44 a.m., according to the arcade. Surveillance footage described in the complaint showed two people breaking a window with a rock, entering the arcade and smashing a display case. They loaded merchandise into white garbage bags and left through the broken window.

Investigators found a white plastic bag near the damaged case that appeared to have been dropped during the burglary. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension analyzed it, and according to the complaint, the DNA profile matched Yeng Yang through Minnesota’s convicted offender DNA database.

Mitchell Yang’s parole officer reviewed the Eagan footage and believed the two people in it were Mitchell and Yeng Yang, court records say. Cellphone data allegedly placed Mitchell Yang near the arcade before the break-in and showed his phone moving away afterward.

The arcade first estimated its loss at $25,000 to $30,000. The stolen items included rare Japanese promotional Pikachu cards and PSA-graded cards, which are cards authenticated, assessed for condition and sealed in protective cases by a grading company.

“A cash reward will be provided for information that leads to identifying the individuals involved,” DUCK! wrote on Facebook at the time, according to FOX 9’s July 1, 2026, report.

A second burglary one week later

In Osseo on July 4, 2026, surveillance showed two people arriving in a red Kia, breaking the store’s glass front door and taking four boxes of Pokémon cards valued at $11,230, according to court documents.

The Kia was registered to Mitchell Yang. His parole officer and Yeng Yang’s probation officer also identified the men in surveillance images reviewed during the investigation, according to the court records described by FOX 9. Both defendants were charged in August 2026 with third-degree burglary, theft and first-degree damage to property in that case.

Both men were charged by warrant in the Eagan case. As of FOX 9’s Oct. 27, 2026, report, jail records showed Mitchell Yang held at the Hennepin County Jail, while Yeng Yang’s whereabouts were unknown.

DNA has helped identify a suspect in a Minnesota card shop burglary before. In February 2022, more than 2,800 Pokémon card packs and other merchandise were taken from Punch Out Gaming in Forest Lake, a $147,278 loss, according to Washington County charging documents reported by CBS Minnesota. DNA on a knife found at the scene reportedly matched one of the two men later charged, KSTP reported. Game Empress has also covered a separate Pokémon merchandise burglary at Houston’s MadRat Toys.

Court documents do not say whether any of the Eagan cards were recovered, FOX 9 reported.

Featured image: A general view of Eagan City Hall in Eagan, Minnesota. Photo: Tylervigen / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)