Family-owned business in Southeast Portland hit by burglars three times since mid-January

The owner of Disc Heroes tells KGW the burglars got away with a lot of inventory — primarily comics and Magic: The Gathering cards. PORTLAND, Ore. — Comics, Magic: The Gathering cards and disc golf equipment is what Portlanders can find inside Disc Heroes , a shop owned and operated by John Thomas and his wife, in Southeast Portland. "I call myself semi-retired," Thomas said. "You don’t get rich doing this, but it’s what I love to do." That says a lot consider the events of the last few weeks. Thomas said his store located near the intersection of SE 162nd Avenue and Division Street has been broken into three times since mid-January. "I think they’re an organized crime ring of some sort," Thomas said. The work of the organized crime ring, as Thomas calls it, was captured on security cameras mounted inside and outside the store. Thomas said that over the course of the three break-ins the burglars got away with a lot of inventory. "It was well over $30,000 but I don’t want to give specific numbers because we’re still working with insurance companies but it was well over $30,000 in profit," Thomas said. "I get a […]

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