(ModestoBee) - A north Modesto business owner faces charges of possession of stolen property and conspiracy related to the theft of more than $1,000 in high-value wine from a grocery store, Modesto police report.

Gregory Pringle Lambert, 52, was arrested July 22 after an investigation of several months indicated he was “facilitating the thefts.” A search of his Standiford Avenue business, California Card Shark, also turned up stolen property, said Modesto Police Department spokeswoman Heather Graves.

California Card Shark, in the shopping center at the southeast corner of Standiford and Sisk Road, carries sports cards, gaming cards like Pokémon, and memorabilia. A shop employee said Tuesday afternoon that Lambert is on vacation out of town.

The woman who answered the door at Lambert’s home in the Dutchollow area said simply that he was unavailable. Lambert resides just more than half a mile from the store he is accused of victimizing: the O’Brien’s Market at Dale Road and Pelandale Avenue.