Kent Kubasta pleads no contest in Ohio case over GPS tracker at Pokémon TCG restocks
Kent Kubasta, a 72-year-old Pokémon collector from Medina, Ohio, pleaded no contest in Wayne County Municipal Court in a GPS-tracker case.
- The case centers on allegations that he used a tracker to follow a woman who was delivering or restocking Pokémon cards at stores in the Wooster area.
- In the reporting provided, sentencing had not yet been finalized; a possible penalty of up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine was mentioned, but not confirmed as final.
What happened
According to the available reporting, the case began in June when a woman reportedly found a GPS tracker in her car and contacted the Wooster Police Department. In different articles, she is described as a delivery driver, a Walmart restock vendor, or someone stocking Pokémon cards, but the core detail remains the same: she discovered a tracker and reported it to police.
The case was later linked to Kent Kubasta of Medina, Ohio. In the reporting, he is described as a Pokémon collector who pleaded no contest to a charge related to the unlawful use of a GPS tracking device. Game Rant and IGN connect the case to Pokémon TCG restocks in the Wooster area and say the tracker was allegedly used to see where and when cards were being delivered.
IGN reported that sentencing had not yet taken place at the time. The same report said Kubasta could face up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, but no final sentence had been set. The sources provided mention Wayne County Municipal Court, but do not include a fully written statute or a completed ruling.
Timeline
June: the woman reportedly discovered the GPS tracker in her car and alerted police.
September 22, 2026: multiple publications recapped the case involving Kent Kubasta and the Pokémon TCG tracker, including the no-contest plea and the fact that sentencing was still pending.
September 23, 2026: a social post from @resellingnews shared the case as a tracker incident involving a card vendor.
September 25, 2026: Kubasta reportedly pleaded no contest in Wayne County Municipal Court.
Background
The case comes against the backdrop of strong demand for Pokémon TCG products, where restocks are often quickly bought up or tracked by resellers. The reporting does not name a specific store chain as the main focus, but it does connect the incident to deliveries and restocks in the Wooster area.
According to the sources provided, the tracker was allegedly used to see where and when Pokémon cards were being delivered. The exact placement of the device is not described consistently across all reports: some say the tracker was on the car, while others say it was found in the car. That difference matters, because the core of the case is clear, but the precise physical placement is not described uniformly in the reporting.
The @resellingnews social post lines up with the news coverage and describes the case as a collector using a GPS tracker to follow a woman stocking Pokémon cards. However, that post uses different wording than the court reporting, so the no-contest plea from the news articles remains the safest phrasing.
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Sources
- Fox 8 Cleveland, as cited in the available reporting on the case.
- Game Rant, report on the GPS-tracker case involving Pokémon TCG in Ohio.
- IGN, report on the no-contest plea and the still-pending sentencing.
- @resellingnews on X/Twitter, as additional context in the source set provided.