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Oak Park police log $86K in stolen sports cards, $27K tool theft

Oak Park police valued the Trade Oak Park sports card theft at $86,000, nearly triple the owner's $30,000 estimate, while a separate garage burglary on N. Humphrey netted $27,000 in power tools.

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