AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Guard injured in another poker robbery
DATE: 8:21 AM
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BODY:
Another security guard was injured when three men staged an armed robbery at<br>a poker arcade in Chalan Kanoa Tuesday morning. Department of Public Safety<br>spokesperson Lei Ogumoro said yesterday that Fam Li, 46, a security guard,<br>suffered minor injuries and refused medical treatment. Ogumoro said Song Jin<br>Li, 35, a cashier, was not injured. The suspects fled on foot and managed to<br>run off with $5,567 in cash from Smile Poker, said Ogumoro, citing a police<br>report. DPS received the report about the robbery Tuesday at 5:31am.<br>Preliminary investigation report stated that three unidentified male persons<br>armed with a knife and a baseball bat entered Smile Poker. A struggle ensued<br>between two suspects and security guard Li, during which the latter was<br>struck on the head with the baseball bat. The third suspect kicked open the<br>cashier&#39;s booth where cashier Li was inside. The cashier was forced to open<br>the cash register. The third suspect then grabbed the cash drawer containing<br>the money. The three suspects fled on foot. &quot;Anyone having information about<br>this robbery, please call the NMI Crime Stoppers Hotline at 234-7272. A<br>reward of up to $1,000 cash will be given for any information leading to an<br>arrest,&quot; Ogumoro said. This incident is just the latest in a string of armed<br>robberies involving poker arcades in the last five days. Last Thursday, a<br>security guard and a male customer were injured when three masked men robbed<br>the Crown Poker Gameroom, which is located across the U.S. Post Office in<br>Chalan Kanoa. The security guard, MD Nasrul Hasan Bhuiyan, 36, sustained<br>laceration on the head and swelling on the forearm. The customer, Wenjie Yu<br>Chin, male, 53, suffered abrasions on the right side of the neck. The<br>suspects ran off with $1,058 in cash. The three were described as wearing<br>dark-colored clothing and masks. Two suspects were armed with black baseball<br>bats, while the third was armed with a Taser and a knife. Bhuiyan was struck<br>with the baseball bat on the forearm and on the head. Chin, who was playing<br>poker with one of the machines, was assaulted with the Taser. On Monday, a<br>female cashier was injured when two men staged an armed robbery at DK Poker<br>in Koblerville,<br>Kamala Bade Mesik, 39, a Nepalese cashier at DK Poker, suffered minor<br>injuries to the throat, face, and forearm.
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