Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Philip Koch, 55, gets two years of probation; Another Lakewood man, Nidal Abuaun, 50, sentenced to six months in prison.
A Lakewood man found guilty of cheating the Horseshoe Casino has been sentenced to two years of probation. Philip Koch, 55, of Edgewater Drive, pleaded guilty in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. And last week, he was sentenced to two years of probation. Another Lakewood resident facing the same charge wasn’t so lucky. Nidal Abuaun, 50, of Orchard Avenue, didn’t show up for sentencing in September because he was hospitalized at Lakewood Hospital, according to court records. When Abuaun appeared in court on Oct. 23, Judge John O’Donnell sentenced him to six months in prison at the Lorain Correctional Institute with three years of probation when he is released. Maria Russo, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, told Lakewood Patch …
Friday, September 21, 2012
Nidal Abuaun faced up to a year in jail after he recently pleaded guilty to “capping his bets” at the Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland.
A 50-year-old Lakewood man facing a year in prison for cheating the Horseshoe Casino didn’t show up for his sentencing on Wednesday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. A warrant was issued for Nidal Abuaun’s arrest on Thursday. He pleaded guilty last month to a charge of gambling, a fifth-degree felony, stemming from allegations that he “capped” his bets — meaning that he made a bet after the cards were dealt — at the Horseshoe Casino. Nicole DiSanto, a spokeswoman for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office, said that the charge against Abuaun was a “probationable offense." “He didn’t show up for sentencing,” she said, adding that she heard from defense attorney’s that Abuaun had been hospitalized. He faces one year in prison after he…
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
They are among the seven indictments handed down by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.
Two Lakewood men are among seven indicted for cheating the Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland. Nidal Abuaun, 49, and Philip Koch, 54, are each charged with cheating, a fifth-degree felony. Maria Russo, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, said the men are both suspected of “capping their bets” — making a bet after the cards are dealt. Abuaun was playing Texas Hold 'Em, and Koch was playing Black Jack, said Russo. Five others — four men from Cleveland and one from Akron — are also indicted for cheating at the casino, according to Russo. “Ohio now has statutes in place to address crimes committed in the new casinos,” said prosecutor Bill Mason in a statement. “My office will continue to prosecute these crimes as we would any other crime in…
barbgunn
1:59 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
I think it was a big mistake to have the horseshoe casino built cause it seem like when people get evolve with stuff like this that's when crimes start happening. more ›