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Not my game, but it is in my hometown. For anybody else that plays in a home or club game, please be careful.
Local poker game robbed at gunpoint
By Julia Hunter, New Era Staff Writer
A poker game took an unlucky turn this weekend when several people were robbed at gunpoint.
Family and friends had gathered to play cards around 10:20 p.m. Friday on Woodbine Street, as they have every week for several years, when two masked men kicked in the door and demanded everyones money.
The door popped open and these two men said Be calm, we are just here to get your money, said Gladys Dossett, of Hopkinsville, who was playing cards with the group.
They told us to hold up our hands and pull up our blouses. I guess they wanted to make sure we didnt have any money in our bras.
After taking more than $3,000 and several cellular phones, the men ran away.
They told us not to come out for five minutes or somebody would shoot us, Dossett said.
Johnny Gibbs, Joshua Brown, Mary Murphy, Billy McGhee, Mary McGhee, Beatrice McGhee, Gladys Dossett, Thelma Gibbs and Judith Gilbert were playing cards in a small building behind a house on Woodbine Street.
I just thank the good Lord that nobody got hurt, Dossett said. My money didnt mean nothing compared to that.
The victims filed a report with the Christian County Sheriffs Department. They were not able to give a description of the men. No arrests have been made in connection with the robbery, a sheriffs official said. The incident is still under investigation.
Dossett said she will no longer be participating in the weekly card game.
Im done out there, she said.
Local poker game robbed at gunpoint
By Julia Hunter, New Era Staff Writer
A poker game took an unlucky turn this weekend when several people were robbed at gunpoint.
Family and friends had gathered to play cards around 10:20 p.m. Friday on Woodbine Street, as they have every week for several years, when two masked men kicked in the door and demanded everyones money.
The door popped open and these two men said Be calm, we are just here to get your money, said Gladys Dossett, of Hopkinsville, who was playing cards with the group.
They told us to hold up our hands and pull up our blouses. I guess they wanted to make sure we didnt have any money in our bras.
After taking more than $3,000 and several cellular phones, the men ran away.
They told us not to come out for five minutes or somebody would shoot us, Dossett said.
Johnny Gibbs, Joshua Brown, Mary Murphy, Billy McGhee, Mary McGhee, Beatrice McGhee, Gladys Dossett, Thelma Gibbs and Judith Gilbert were playing cards in a small building behind a house on Woodbine Street.
I just thank the good Lord that nobody got hurt, Dossett said. My money didnt mean nothing compared to that.
The victims filed a report with the Christian County Sheriffs Department. They were not able to give a description of the men. No arrests have been made in connection with the robbery, a sheriffs official said. The incident is still under investigation.
Dossett said she will no longer be participating in the weekly card game.
Im done out there, she said.
