Poker Players Offered Deals After Arrests in May

63 people were arrested back on May 31st by police in a raid that spanned three clubs, Shooters Billiards, Bari Club, and Barca Club, now, some of those people are getting the opportunity to plea out their cases and avoid jail time.

Of the 63 people arrested, six of them were charged with the serious crime of keeping a common gaming house, but the rest of the people were charged with only being found in a gaming house, which is a much less serious crime.

Now those people have been given three options, they can fight the charges and take their chances if they are found guilty, they can take a positive lifestyles course from the Salvation Army and have their charges stayed, or they can plea guilty and possibly have the judge issue a discharge.

The dealers and operators of the game were not offered the deal, and some of the people that were vowed that they would not take the deal, and that they would fight the charges because they believe they were innocent.

The people are expected by the Crown that they would like decisions made sometime in the next few weeks, meanwhile, all of the people accused are set to be back in court on December 3rd.



2007-10-29