There was an older report that came out about a poker game that was robbed in Ithaca, New York back on November 15th, and it seems that the three men who were involved with the robbery have finally been indicted for the incident. The game was being played at the Hair Graphics East salon, in the East Hill Plaza in Ithaca, and it was said that the game typically drew in around 36 players on average. The original report about the incident stated that it included a “$40 ante”, which most likely means that the buy-in for the game was $40. The players were still playing after midnight on the 15th, but there were only about 12 still remaining in the game, and this is when everything went down.
Three men stormed through the back door of the salon, and came in with their faces covered by bandanas, and one player holding a handgun. The men ordered everyone to get on the ground, and to hand over all money, their wallets, and cell phones. Things didn’t exactly go to plan from that point on though, as one of the men held a gun to one of the players’ heads, and then player then went on to tell him to “shoot me, I’m not scared to die”. This odd response apparently worked, as the men seemed a bit confused by what was going on, and one of the players then sprinted out of the back door yelling for police.
The three men then took off into a silver Nissan, but the players got the license number and called it into the police. The men were caught about seven miles down the road, and were eventually arrested.
This is where the story concludes, as the three men were indicted this week for robbing the game. The three men were Eric R. Cruz, Antonio C.J. Padin, and Robert J. Johnson Jr. Cruz is 23 years old, Padin is 25 years old, and Johnson Jr. is 26 years old, and all three were indicted on charges of First Degree Robbery, Second Degree Robbery, Second Degree Burglary, and Fourth Degree Conspiracy.
The amount of time that these three men could serve in jail could range between 12 to 59 years, and the arraignments are set for January 6th of this coming year.