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6 days ago
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Man sentenced in card theft case
EAU CLAIRE — An Illinois man pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of theft of movable property valued between $10,000 and $100,000 in an unusual case. The property? An extensive set of collectible cards. Daniel Monarrez, 33, was one of two people charged in the case. The court dismissed the charges against his co-defendant, Rosario Pillado, at the prosecution's request. Monarrez attended his sentencing by video link from the Racine Correctional Institution. The plea was the result of an agreement between the prosecution and defense, according to court records. Monarrez received an 18-month prison sentence with 18 months' extended supervision, but those were stayed. He will spend two years on probation after completion of his sentence in a Trempealeau County robbery case. A stayed sentence means the prison term will not be imposed if Monarrez completes probation without further incidents. The details of the latter case aren't well documented on the state's court database. Monarrez pleaded no contest to robbery with threat of force, theft of movable property and carrying a concealed weapon in 2024. But the online file is vague about what that sentence was. It says only that the state, defense and defendant made statements, then 'Defendant sentenced.' The Wisconsin Department of Corrections' inmate locator shows a little more, listing Monarrez's maximum discharge date as April 2030. That's six years after the conviction, which means Monarrez received less than the 15-year maximum sentence the charge could have carried. The case against Monarrez began last year after a woman contacted police to say a set of cards she inherited from her grandfather had been stolen and that she suspected Pillado and Monarrez. According to the criminal complaint, she sold a similar set of Pokemon cards for $10,000 and bought a car with the money. When Pillado asked how she could afford the cards, she mentioned the sale. Pillado didn't forget about the comment. He made repeated comments about the woman 'sitting on' a lot of money with the remaining collection. He and Monarrez visited later, and asked multiple times about whether her apartment had video surveillance. Pillado persuaded the woman to drive him to Arcadia while Monarrez stayed behind to take a shower. Monarrez arrived in Arcadia about 45 minutes later. The woman returned home and found the collection missing, along with an unknown number of baseball cards from her grandfather's collection. Finding the Pokemon collection required the thief to search. The woman told police she had moved it because she didn't trust the men based on their behavior. Last month the court heard that a witness needed for the case had stopped communicating and was removed from the planned witness list. That update also included the defense specifically telling the judge negotiations for a settlement were continuing.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
Trial approaches in stolen cards case
EAU CLAIRE — Trial is approaching for a man charged in connection with the theft of a valuable card collection. Daniel Monarrez, 32, faces charges of theft of movable property valued between $10,000 and $100,000. The case began in May 2024 when a woman called police to say he and Rosario Pillado had likely taken the cards left to her by her grandfather. Friday's hearing was one of the last scheduled before a June trial, which is expected to last three days. Monarrez attended by video. It saw prosecutors remove an expected witness from its roster. Notes on the state's online court database indicated the proposed expert witness 'has been incommunicado.' That witness was needed for a Daubert hearing, a proceeding in which the court weighs the admissibility of an expert's testimony. Without the witness, the hearing was scrapped. There was another note that suggests the trial may not take place, even with it set to begin in less than a month. The defense attorney said negotiations with prosecutors for a plea agreement are continuing. Meanwhile, the court has to prepare as if the trial will proceed, and that includes making sure Monarrez attends. That requires some legal paperwork. On Thursday the court issued a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum. That order instructs the warden of the Racine Correctional Institution, where Monarrez is currently serving a sentence for charges of robbery with the threat of force, theft of movable property valued more than $25,000 and carrying a concealed weapon. According to the criminal complaint, the victim had sold an identical set of cards for $10,000 and purchased a car with the proceeds. Pillado made multiple references to her just 'sitting on' a lot of money by keeping the collection. He and Monarrez later asked her repeatedly whether her apartment had video surveillance. After one visit to the residence by the pair, she found the collection missing. The charges are Class G felonies, carrying up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $25,000. Pillado is scheduled for a status hearing in the case next month.
