Husband 'Kidnapped' by Poker Buddies
Thursday, April 14, 2005
A California woman was sure her husband was being abducted — but it turned out just to be his buddies getting him to play poker.
It was close to midnight Saturday when the unnamed couple pulled into their driveway in Rialto, about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, reports The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, Calif.
As they got out of their car, two strange men suddenly jumped out, threw the husband into a waiting vehicle and sped off.
The terrified woman immediately called 911.
"She didn't know who the guys were," Rialto Sgt. Carla McCullough told the newspaper. "She was all frantic. She thought her husband had been kidnapped."
City police and a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (search) helicopter scoured the area and quickly found the getaway car less than two miles away.
"We were treating it as a big deal," said McCullough. "But we get to the car, and the guy says, 'These are my friends — they just wanted me to play poker.'"
Police let the jokers go.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
A California woman was sure her husband was being abducted — but it turned out just to be his buddies getting him to play poker.
It was close to midnight Saturday when the unnamed couple pulled into their driveway in Rialto, about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, reports The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, Calif.
As they got out of their car, two strange men suddenly jumped out, threw the husband into a waiting vehicle and sped off.
The terrified woman immediately called 911.
"She didn't know who the guys were," Rialto Sgt. Carla McCullough told the newspaper. "She was all frantic. She thought her husband had been kidnapped."
City police and a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (search) helicopter scoured the area and quickly found the getaway car less than two miles away.
"We were treating it as a big deal," said McCullough. "But we get to the car, and the guy says, 'These are my friends — they just wanted me to play poker.'"
Police let the jokers go.
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