Saw this in my local newspaper (Fossilman Related).
 

Good thing they caught these guys!

Would-be Fossilman robbers apprehended.

Men wanted in Las Vegas are arrested here


Poker champ says 2 tried to rob him
UNION-TRIBUNE
May 2, 2005

DEL MAR – A tipster sent authorities to a gun show yesterday where they arrested two men wanted in Las Vegas for allegedly trying to rob a world champion poker player.

The two are accused of holding up gambler Greg "Fossilman" Raymer outside his Bellagio hotel room Dec. 20, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

Yesterday, shortly before 2 p.m., sheriff's deputies got an anonymous call saying the suspects were at the Del Mar Fairgrounds selling toy helicopters at a gun show.

Sheriff's Cpl. Dan Murtaugh said he found Kevin R. Joy, 35, and Deem Cassim, 31, at the gun show. But they him gave false names and claimed they had no identification on them. Murtaugh had already found their pictures on the Internet and quickly identified the men as suspects wanted in Nevada on attempted armed robbery charges.

They are accused of pounding on the 20th-floor hotel room next door to Raymer's on Dec. 20 when he was playing at Bellagio casino's World Poker Classic. Raymer, a patent attorney turned professional gambler, made headlines earlier in 2004 when he won $5 million in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Raymer told police he heard someone shouting outside his hotel room, and when he opened the door to check the problem, two men tried to force him back into his room.

But Raymer, who reportedly weighs 330 pounds, told authorities he refused to budge and shoved the larger of the two men – a 6-footer weighing 240 pounds – to the ground. The smaller man then pulled a gun and demanded money, Raymer told police. But when Raymer started shouting, they fled and were spotted leaving the casino in a late-model silver Nissan with Nevada plates.

The suspects were booked into Vista jail last night.

Re: Saw this in my local newspaper (Fossilman Related).
 

I don't know where this reported got his "facts" about the robbery attempt, but his telling of it is so mistaken it is hard to point out the errors without simply saying you should ignore the whole thing.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

Re: Saw this in my local newspaper (Fossilman Related).
 

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I don't know where this reported got his "facts" about the robbery attempt, but his telling of it is so mistaken it is hard to point out the errors without simply saying you should ignore the whole thing.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

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It's amazing how inaccurate the average newspaper story is.

Re: Saw this in my local newspaper (Fossilman Related).
 

There are like 500 different versions of this story.....

I remember reading one that said that Raymer ran off the perps and chased them through a parking lot and the perps got away...

and yet another one that said that Raymer pepper sprayed one of the guys and they ran away....

Re: Saw this in my local newspaper (Fossilman Related).
 

Be that as it may, if indeed these are the guys that tried to roll you, it's good news if they are apprehended.

Re: Saw this in my local newspaper (Fossilman Related).
 

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Raymer, who reportedly weighs 330 pounds

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He clearly just made that up.

Re: Saw this in my local newspaper (Fossilman Related).
 

No way does he weigh that much. How tall is he, anyway?