Poker Robber Convicted in Ohio
An Ohio man is facing several years in prison for his role in a poker tournament robbery. Sentencing was slated to take place shortly.
Solomon Berhane, 31, was the only one of seven people - including three from Lorain - who were accused in the robbery who went to trial.
He was found guilty on Tuesday in the robbery of a Solon poker game. Berhane was convicted of kidnapping and aggravated robbery along with some 10 other charges.
The gang made off with $50,000 in cash and credit cards, as well as jewelry, a watch and other property worth a total of $25,000. They might have gotten away with it, but one of the crew - Dominic Berlingeri, 24, of Lorain, Ohio - was pulled over by police while driving a car bought with money stolen from the game and holding property that was taken from the game. Not too long afterward police also arrested Andres Arzola, 19, Jose Arzola-Torres, 20 and Randall Barnes, 25, of Euclid, Ohio; Wayne Bunkin, 31, of Novelty, Ohio; and William Masters, 28, of Pine Bluff, Ariz.
Patrick Flanigan, Gambling911.com
