San Jose home poker game busted

01/15/2008

The weekend saw another dramatic police raid on American citizens, this time in San Jose where Patricia McCoy and Cuthberto Cardenas were arrested and subsequently released on bail on accusations of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and fraudulently obtaining money under false pretenses.

Local police alerted by neighbourhood complaints of excessive vehicular traffic found poker tables and twenty players enjoying poker action when they entered the house Saturday afternoon. Among those found was a thirteen year old girl, who was taken into protective care.

Subsequent investigations revealed that the games had been advertised on the Internet, and players told police that their buy-ins averaged $25 to $55.