Posted on 07/27/2011 5:37:20 PM PDT by marktwain
Raleigh, N.C. — Two men who police believe were trying to rob people at a high-stakes poker game in Raleigh late Monday were shot during a struggle, and one died, police said Tuesday.
Officers responding to a reported robbery at 4809 Sweetbriar Drive, off East Millbrook Road, shortly after 11 p.m. found Brandon Dwain Shelton, 28, dead inside the house, and Brian Matthew Onley, 23, lying on the lawn with a gunshot wound in the arm.
Witnesses told investigators that two men burst into the home wearing masks and carrying guns in an attempt to rob several poker players. A struggle ensued, and the two intruders were shot, police said.
"Both of them had hoods on and ski masks on," a man who called 911 told a dispatcher. "(One) was shot with his own gun."
Neighbors said the homeowner, Gregg Maluchnik, frequently hosted poker games and that Monday night's game was advertised as high-stakes.
Maluchnik, who played baseball at Duke University and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1998, was charged with a misdemeanor gambling offense.
Raleigh police said they haven't been called to the home previously, and neighbors said the poker games usually were quiet affairs that drew crowds but never caused any problems.
"I have seen a number of cars, like something was going on," neighbor Jim Durnin said, adding that he thought it was an occasional Tupperware party.
Neighbor Caren Freundlich said she heard as many as five gunshots late Monday.
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Wasn’t there a scene in the Soprano’s about something like that?
Three cheers for the “lowly” .22 cal.
Wasn’t there a scene in the Soprano’s about something like that?
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Sort of, but the poker players handled the situation themselves instead of calling law enforcement in the Sopranos episode.
“Wasn’t there a scene in the Soprano’s about something like that?”
Extremely similar. Two young punks tried to take down a private mafia-run poker game. Punks were armed and wore ski-masks. Probably where the morons that tried to rob the Raleigh poker game got the idea. Guess they should have watched the next few episodes where Tony tracked down and whacked the perpetrators.
Umm...Okay.
How about double or nothing?
Did you see the comment about the guy saying the dead perp was like an uncle to him and was sucha great guy, but just “had his ways”? What a jackass! “Yep, he’s a fine upstanding feller and all that, ‘cept for the times he goes out committin’ them thar armed robberies.” The dead guy deserves to be dead. The surviving robber deserves to be charged with the homicide.
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