Two Pontiac men accused of breaking into a Shelby Township home, assaulting a man inside, and making off with televisions, electronics, and a stash of Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards now face an additional felony charge after a court hearing this week. Prosecutors successfully added a count of Assault with Intent to Do Great Bodily Harm Less Than Murder against both 37-year-old Jesus Garcia Jr. and 27-year-old Craig Turner before a district court judge sent their cases to circuit court.
The move came during a preliminary examination on Thursday in 41A District Court, where Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Lisa Lozen and Jack Jontz persuaded Judge Stephen Sierawski to add the charge based on evidence presented at the hearing, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor. Garcia and Turner were both bound over to circuit court on the full slate of charges: home invasion, unlawful imprisonment, unarmed robbery, larceny of $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, and now the added assault count, as reported by CBS News Detroit.
The alleged break-in happened on December 10, 2025, when Garcia and Turner are accused of forcing their way into a home in Shelby Township and assaulting a man inside before fleeing with televisions, electronics, Pokémon cards, Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and other items, per the same account. Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido said at the time that “violence will not be tolerated in our communities, and I will continue to seek justice for victims.”
Garcia's Record Raises the Stakes
Garcia is from Pontiac, as is Turner, and both men now carry significant prison exposure under Michigan's home invasion statute. First-Degree Home Invasion is a Class B felony under MCL 750.110a that carries up to 20 years in prison and a $5,000 fine, and state law gives judges discretion to stack consecutive sentences for accompanying offenses, according to the Michigan Legislature.
But Garcia's exposure goes further. Prosecutors issued a fourth-offense habitual offender notice against him, citing his prior criminal record, which under Michigan's habitual offender enhancement, MCL 769.12, allows a judge to raise his maximum sentence to life in prison if he is convicted of a qualifying count. Turner does not face that same enhancement. The newly added assault charge itself, filed under MCL 750.84, carries its own maximum penalty of 10 years in prison or a $5,000 fine, and the district court's decision to bind both men over means a circuit court judge will now weigh all of the charges together.
Next Court Date Set for September
Garcia and Turner are scheduled for formal arraignment before Circuit Court Judge Julie Gatti on September 14 at 1:30 p.m., moving their cases from district to circuit court for trial proceedings.
Cards Fit a Wider Regional Pattern
The theft of Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards alongside televisions and electronics fits a pattern that has worried Southeast Michigan retailers and collectors for more than a year. A surge in trading card thefts hit the region in summer 2025, with at least four Metro Detroit shop burglaries in three months, including one Clinton Township store where roughly $5,000 in Pokémon cards was stolen, according to CBS News Detroit. Nationally, trading card shop burglaries were linked to more than $500,000 in stolen merchandise across major cities in early 2026 alone, as reported by KVIA.
Representatives from the Certified Trading Card Association told WWMT that high-value Pokémon and sports cards are increasingly targeted because individual rare cards can be worth tens of thousands of dollars while remaining small enough to conceal easily, a detail that helps explain why home burglars are grabbing cards alongside laptops and TVs rather than leaving them behind.
A Wealthy Suburb on Alert
Shelby Township is one of Macomb County's largest and wealthiest suburbs, with roughly 79,408 residents and a median household income of $86,760, and its violent crime rate normally runs well below the state average, according to township demographic data. Hoodline previously reported on Garcia's initial arrest and arraignment in December 2025 following the break-in, and the department has separately pursued other violent crime cases, including a drive-by shooting arraignment in which Police Chief Robert J. Shelide reiterated that the department has zero tolerance for violent home invasions and relies on a dedicated Special Investigations Unit to track down suspects.
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