Twin Lakes collectibles store worker charged with felony theft

Now to our big story tonight at five. Just when a collectible store in Twin Lakes thought it was over, one of their own steals from them. In August, our Racine Kenosha County reporter Ben Hanson told us about a collectible store robbed for more than $300,000. Now, Ben has the details of how a trusted employee allegedly stole nearly $65,000 from that collectible store and another not far away. Ben joins us live with the latest, Ben. Yeah, after that August robbery back in August, the Goldenrod City Collectibles installed a new security system, they installed a new camera system, and they even put metal shutters out front. But little did they know, the thing that they feared the most was on the inside. He basically lived a giant lie. Two weeks ago, the owner of Goldenrod City Collectibles in Twin Lakes, Eric Cabaz, figured out one of his employees was stealing from him. And did you think... Alan would ever do something like this with the time that you worked here? Oh god no. Alan Aguilar was allegedly taking Pokemon cards and giving them away to cover debts and straight up not paying for other merchandise, totaling nearly $15,000. Not in a million years would we have expected it to be Alan, of all people. So Khabaz fired him. But not long after, Khabaz talked with the owner of BS Collectibles, a store in Silver Lake less than five miles away. That owner revealed this wasn't new for Aguilar. According to a criminal complaint, Aguilar stole over $50,000 from B.S. Collectibles over the course of a month back in 2024. He did this by taking money supposed to be used to buy merchandise and keeping it for himself. Alan was one of the He would always bring up like how stealing is bad and you know you never steal from your friends. But the owner of BS Collectibles didn't press charges. Instead, he agreed to set up a contract with Aguilar where he would pay $200 back to the store weekly until the total was covered. But then last month, Aguilar stopped paying and responding to messages. Saturday, Twin Lakes police arrested Aguilar at his home and charged him with felony theft. Khabaz also plans to file charges, still thinking about the betrayal. If it happens again, then I'm going to, you know. Probably close this and just do it on the side because there's too much to stress about. Having employees and best friends, I guess, steal from you. The owner of B.S. Collectibles declined an interview, but Aguilar didn't when we talked to him back in August about the break-in. Here he is talking about Khabaz. This guy is literally one of the greatest guys you could ever meet and talk to, like genuinely a good person, and I think that's what hurts the most is, you know, I don't think anybody deserves to be robbed, but having such a close relationship with Eric and having this happen to him is really kind of what hurts. Yeah, guys, and I reached out to Twin Lakes Police Department today and they did not get back to me to talk about the case. Aguilar is expected in court on November 24th. Live in Twin Lakes, Ben Hanson, Fox 6 News. Alright Ben, thank you for that.