Rip Curl: Bellagio Robbery Suspect is a Judge's Son

yeah Poker Surfers it's your Rip Curl of quick poker news

This Wednesday a 29yr. son of a judge was arrested in connection with the Bellagio Robbery back in December. The suspect is Anthony Michael Carleo (not Michale Corleone he was not real, but still smarter) who tried selling "High-value chips from the Bellagio robbery" to under cover cops in Las Vegas. He even had the balls to be a registered guest at the very casino he is accused of robbing.  Carleo is also accused of being the same MotoRobber in the Suncoast Hotel & Casino robbery in December too. Anthony Michael Carleo is the son of Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge George Assad and previously had lived in Pueblo, Colorado where he worked as a real estate broker, owned a portable DJ service and even co-owned a limo rental service with his step-father Gino Carleo. Anthony filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and moved out to Las Vegas to live with his father Mr.Assad who has been a Municipal Court Judge since 2003. Judge Assad was ordered by the Nevada Supreme Court in 08' to attend a Judicial Ethics Classes course after an incident where he ordered a lady in traffic court to be locked up for two hours.
Since the arrest search warrants have been issued for both Carleo's room at the Bellagio and for Judge Assad's home.  As soon as we find out more we'll let you know!and so we now have the link for the Bellagio's suspects arrest report here: Suspect Arrested

South Carolina Passes Bill to legalize Poker in your home

YES Poker Surfers that's right.  According to www.pokernewsdaily.com, last week South Carolina's Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would change South Carolina's old 1802 law that bans any game w/dice or cards. (yes that includes all other board games w/dice or cards too) This came about after a home was raided back in 06' and the police confiscated $6,000 and charged 22 people with gambling citations. Funny thing is, we never here of police down there raiding home "monopoly" games or church "bingo night" but if it's poker it's "taboo".   Well the PPA (Poker Players Alliance www.theppa.org) got involved to help support members who took the case to the supreme court.  Now we are all just waiting on the verdict from the supreme court about the case from Mount Pleasant. Good Luck to all!

Really SC a law from 1802?