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http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2015/11/24/police-bust-weekly-mahjong-game-played-by-elderly-women/ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (CBS Tampa) Police in Florida busted a game of mahjong in Florida at a condominium clubhouse. The group accused of the crime: four women between the ages of 87 and 95.
Heritage Florida reports that police came to shut down the friendly game played by Lee Delnick, Bernice Diamond, Helen Greenspan and Zelda King.
King says word spread about their weekly gathering and that a troublemaker in the community called the police citing a law that prohibits playing the game for money. Police closed the clubhouse.
The women were sent a formal notice from condominium management stating that there would be no more mahjong, bingo, or poker played in the location until further notice. Police reportedly stopped by several times later that week to make sure the games werent being played.
The 87-year-old said the game is good for the elderly and that even her doctor has told her that it can delay dementia. The women suggested they could just play for fun without money, but the property manager said they should lay low, until things were resolved.
Whew. I don't know about you, but I feel a lot safer the police out there protecting us from this criminal ring.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)"... the jig is up!"
Aerows
(39,961 posts)getting sucked into the world of crime by a woman 8 years older than her.
It seems totally plausible. Next thing you know, they will be running the joint - disabling wheelchairs, interrupting checkers games, and taking hostages to ensure that they get the damn rubber chicken off the menu!
Clearly, they broke up a swift descent into crime.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Good work officers. That's what tax payers want. Bring the hammer down on grandma and her weekly gains from Mahjong. They were lucky they didn't get shot.
al bupp
(2,192 posts)The bit pretty much writes itself.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)They are supposed to stay out of sight in their rooms and stare at their walls until the Grim Reaper comes for them. Was the SWAT Team dispatched on this call? Can't take any chances. One of those law breakers might have been carrying a concealed knitting needle. I'm sure the officers had their Tasers drawn and ready for action.
OMFG
BeyondGeography
(39,382 posts)malaise
(269,187 posts)Don't they have anything better to do??
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)They'll be rigging Shuffleboard now!!
You can't stop criminal masterminds like this crew!!!
malaise
(269,187 posts)lame54
(35,326 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Should be.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)And put them in contact with a more dangerous criminal elements.
Before you know it, they'll be ripping the tags off of their mattresses.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
erronis
(15,355 posts)The police really like shooting when they are threatened by backs.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It really scares Megyn Kelly when someone stares at a cop. Of course, the starer might be having trouble with cataracts, but based on the high level of paranoia over potentialities, who can say what might have happened if Officer Skullfuck didn't blow her away?
CanonRay
(14,119 posts)lets give the cops a few points for that improvement. Seriously, what a waste of police resources.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)The mahjong players ought to whack the snitch with their canes, especially since that troublemaker was out just to ruin the ladies' fun. Snitches get stitches in my neighborhood.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)There's always somebody upset if someone else is having fun.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Vinca
(50,310 posts)Every time I think condo living might be a good thing in my old age, I'm going to remember this. Mahjong???? Condo management needs to go in search of a life.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)If she couldn't win a mahjong game, no one else is allowed to play. That's the snitch's reasoning.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)I can't believe we have these types of people living in our communities!!!
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)The cops should have to refund all monies that this cost, to the state.
What a waste of time...more STOOPID from police.
femmedem
(8,208 posts)Hell, those nickels would be worth quarters today.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)What ever happened to Common Sense with police???
Hekate
(90,829 posts)We're in SoCal, but I'll have to warn her to cheese it. That black leather jacket she's taken to wearing is a dead giveaway to her criminal tendencies.
This is comedy gold, except for the part where they took away all the fun for the cane and walker set.
erronis
(15,355 posts)the police show up!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)What kind of Colossal Dick ( (c) Charles Pierce) reports these nice little old ladies?. And why didn't the kkkops tell the complainant to go pound sand?
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)OMFG...what is wrong with some people!!!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Geez.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)... and asks, "Who can I help today?" A Conservative wakes up in the morning and asks, "Who can I PUNISH?"
Conservatives are plagued by the fear that someone, somewhere, might be having a good time.
Kokonoe
(2,485 posts)And old people using their experience to make money off Eighty year olds.
We must play the game of zero tolerance to fog over the actions of the criminals with authority.
valerief
(53,235 posts)niyad
(113,582 posts)Paka
(2,760 posts)How out-of-control can idiots get? Just helps me to reconfirm why I live in Thailand. Mahjong amoung the elderly is almost mandatory here.
drray23
(7,637 posts)At this age, they have earned the privilege to do what the hell they want, including playing for money. Leave them alone.
Omaha Steve
(99,741 posts)I understand that.
K&R!
OS
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)A perfect example of "your tax dollars at work"
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)Sad that it has come to that