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Posted: 3:15 PM- Robbers wearing skeleton suits busted a poker game Tuesday and took as much as $19,000 in cash, the victims told police.
About 5 a.m., police say, six to eight friends about to leave for Las Vegas were playing poker at a house in the 500 North block of J Street.
Three bandits entered through a back door, victims told police. One bandit had a gun and the other two had knives. They grabbed money and possibly left in a van, the victims said. The victims waited 20 minutes to call police then claimed the bandits took $10,000, police said.
Later, the victims said the stolen cash was closer to $19,000, police said.