Long Island Home Poker Game Robbed

Martinez (left) and Urena (right) were arraigned on Sunday morning for the robbery. (Image courtesy Suffolk County Police.)"]

Players enjoying a lively home poker game in Sayville, Long Island had some unwanted visitors from North Bellmore early Saturday morning according to Suffolk County police. Seven people were playing Texas Hold "em inside a home an Greenbrier Lane when two suspects knocked on the side door at 2:15 A.M. Naturally, the homeowner was reticent to let in two young men that he didn't know at such an hour, but they made their intentions clear by forcing their way into the home and brandishing "what appeared to be a knife and gun," according to police reports.

Key Martinez (17) and Bryan Urena (18) demanded the group's cash, keys and cell phones. After receiving those items from the assembled poker players, they bolted from the house. The homeowner called 911 quickly, and officers soon apprehended the duo. They were charged with both burglary and robbery. Why two charges? Burglary is breaking-and-entering with intent (which the duo did when they forced their way in) while robbery covers the weapons-and-threatening end of charges. They were arraigned on Sunday morning at the First District Court in Central Islip.

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