Police are looking for three suspects chargeable for a Christmas Eve break-in at Johnny’s Social Card Club in Wichita Falls, Texas. Authorities say the suspects broke into the property about 3:45 a.m. and stole from an ATM machine contained in the constructing.
The five-table poker site opened in September and safety video confirmed three masked males forcibly coming into the ability. Police say the suspects arrived in a grey Kia and investigators are searching for assist from the general public in figuring out these concerned.
The card room is a small enterprise owned by companions Brian Wessling and Andre Butler. Westling was supervisor within the poker site at close by Apache Casino in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Butler beforehand labored there as a supplier. The two males ultimately got here up with the thought for operating their very own poker site in Wichita Falls, about 45 minutes away, in 2021.
When Butler retired not too long ago, the timing appeared proper to place their plan into movement. Wessling describes the room as a laid-back venue with room to develop.
So far there have been no arrests within the case and the property has since added additional safety measures.
“The detective thinks that the guys were from out of town,” Wessling informed Card Player. “There was a pretty good amount of damage and they took cash from the ATM. It’s unfortunate that we had to learn the hard way, but we’ve beefed up security.”
Texas cardrooms have been targets for criminals due to all of the money on website. In 2022, Legends Poker Room in Houston was the location of a failed armed theft try that concerned a safety guard tackling a person with an AR-15. The similar room was later shot up a couple of months later and regardless of the burst of gun fireplace, nobody was injured.
Another safety guard was shot seven occasions at Texas Card House whereas defending patrons from an armed robber, and a house recreation in San Antonio noticed one other taking pictures happen.
In April, a New York dwelling recreation was the goal of a theft through which one participant sustained a gunshot wound and left one man shot and burglars making off with money, cell telephones, and jewellery. The recreation had been robbed in 2010 as effectively. Also final yr, a person robbed a gambler at a slot machine through the use of his pet snake as a weapon.
