Name: On their way into a Bay Area building with burglary tools, men give police a novel excuse: They were there to illegally gamble at underground den
Brand: mercurynews.com
SKU: mercurynews-com-403
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

On their way into a Bay Area building with burglary tools, men give police a novel excuse: They were there to illegally gamble at underground den

preview

By | | Bay Area News GroupSAN FRANCISCO — Police here got more than they bargained for when three men who were found standing next to various burglary tools outside of a building admitted they were there to play illegal computer slot machines, according to recently filed court records.The January traffic stop resulted in police arresting the men — and opening a probe into the alleged underground gambling den — after searching their car and finding a gun, shaved keys and a small amount of meth, authorities said. Records related to the arrest were recently made public when one of the three suspects was charged with a federal offense, violating the terms of his supervised release from a prior conviction.According to a Brisbane police report, an officer there responded to a call for service at the 2500 block of Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco. The three men were standing outside of a building, next to a bag containing bolt cutters, a hammer and a crowbar. One of the men “advised the officer that they did not work at the establishment, however, they were there to gamble at an underground gambling facility,” police said.Another man told the officer they were there to “play machines” and that he’d been there several times previously.When pressed, the men admitted they were really there to burglarize “three machines” from the suspected gambling den, according to the officer’s report. All three were arrested and booked into county jail.Police did not say how far the investigation into the alleged gambling den has progressed since.We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Get Morning Report and other email newslettersFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | | Bay Area News GroupSAN FRANCISCO — Police here got more than they bargained for when three men who were found standing next to various burglary tools outside of a building admitted they were there to play illegal computer slot machines, according to recently filed court records.The January traffic stop resulted in police arresting the men — and opening a probe into the alleged underground gambling den — after searching their car and finding a gun, shaved keys and a small amount of meth, authorities said. Records related to the arrest were recently made public when one of the three...

public

Nate Gartrell

Latest Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area news from reporters & columnists at The Mercury News.

mercurynews.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

On their way into a Bay Area building with burglary tools, men give police a novel excuse: They were there to illegally gamble at underground den

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS