Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Fascinating read. Cops and casinos. Not your friend.--------Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich—Then Vegas Made Them Pay

Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich—Then Vegas Made Them Pay | WIRED:
"At 1:30 pm on October 6, 2009, a dozen state and local police converged on Andre Nestor's split-level condo on a quiet, tree-lined street in Swissvale.
He was dozing on his living room couch when the banging started.
“State police! Open up!” 
The battering ram hit the door seconds later, splintering the frame and admitting a flood of cops into the house.
Nestor says he started toward the stairs, his hands over his head, when he came face-to-face with a trooper in full riot gear.
“Get on the floor!” yelled the trooper, leveling his AR-15 at Nestor's face.
Nestor complied.
The cop ratcheted the handcuffs on Nestor's wrists, yanked him to his feet, and marched him into the kitchen.
For the next two hours,
Nestor watched helplessly, handcuffed to a kitchen chair, while the police ransacked his neat home. They flipped over his mattress, ripped insulation from his ceiling, rifled his PC. 
At about 4 pm, Nestor's roommate, Laverde, arrived home and was arrested on the spot as an accomplice to Nestor's crimes."

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