Sunday, April 06, 2008

Poker Game Leads to Stabbing Death in Atlantic City

A disagreement at a poker table led to a stabbing death Saturday at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

According to a story at majorwager.com:

Vicente Perez, 57, of Georgia, began arguing with another man at a Taj poker table, Vitale said. They stepped out of the casino and into the valet parking area of the garage near the Virginia Avenue entrance, where the argument descended into violence.

The victim, whose identity was not released pending the notification of his family, was pronounced dead at 4:05 p.m. at AtlantiCare Medical Center in Atlantic City.

Perez is in custody and faces charges of aggravated manslaughter and two weapons charges.

2 comments:

The Juice said...

Just think what people would do if they only knew that they had to play by the rules, what fun would it be.

ftp_pirate said...

lesson learned: when someone ask you if you want to take it outside....say no