Police Bust Weekly Mahjong Game -- youngest player aged 87

[FLPanhandle]

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 weren’t 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]

1. This would have made a killer episode of Seinfeld or The Nanny

[Scurrilous]

14. With Jack Klompus as 'the snitch.'

"... the jig is up!"

[Aerows]

2. An 87 year old woman

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]

3. I feel a lot safer too, and I'm in Ca

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]

4. Somebody alert the daily show

The bit pretty much writes itself.

[lpbk2713]

5. Don't they know?

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]

6. What an embarrassment

[malaise]

7. Pathetic

Don't they have anything better to do??

[greytdemocrat]

39. You watch!

They'll be rigging Shuffleboard now!!

You can't stop criminal masterminds like this crew!!!

[malaise]

40. ROFL

[lame54]

43. watch out for corked tang's

[Downwinder]

8. Golden Girls script?

Should be.

[jberryhill]

9. This will only drive it underground

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]

10. Yikes! They are lucky to be alive!

--imm

[erronis]

22. My first thought. Good thing one of the gals didn't turn her back.

The police really like shooting when they are threatened by backs.

[gratuitous]

36. Or that one of them stared at the cops

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]

11. At least nobody got shot...

lets give the cops a few points for that improvement. Seriously, what a waste of police resources.

[meow2u3]

12. OK, who's the community snitch?

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]

13. So who was the Gladys Kravitz idiot?

There's always somebody upset if someone else is having fun.

[NCjack]

35. Preacher's wife? Someone has to eliminate sin. /nt

[bravenak]

15. So, NOTHING better to do? I think the alerter was just jealous of the fun times in the clubhouse.

[Vinca]

16. This is one of the stupidest things I've ever read.

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]

17. Whoever ratted the mahjong players out must have been a sore loser

If she couldn't win a mahjong game, no one else is allowed to play. That's the snitch's reasoning.

[ejbr]

18. Oh...MY....GAWD!!

I can't believe we have these types of people living in our communities!!!

[SoapBox]

19. What a frick'n waste of tax dollars..

The cops should have to refund all monies that this cost, to the state.

What a waste of time...more STOOPID from police.

[femmedem]

20. My Grandma used to play mahjong for nickels.

Hell, those nickels would be worth quarters today.

[peacebird]

26. My mom played mahjong, she had a bag with $5 in change. The biggest pot one could win was $1.75

What ever happened to Common Sense with police???

[Hekate]

21. I have a friend who learned to play Mah Jong at the subsidized senior housing where she lives

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]

23. Better tell her to get a tevlar version of the jacket. Who know when the thugs -

the police show up!

[hifiguy]

24. Jebus. Busting Grandma and her friends for playing mahjong.

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]

25. Community snitch is petty and needs a life

OMFG...what is wrong with some people!!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. Good crime fighting by the cops

[BlueJazz]

28. The property Manager said: "but the property manager said they should “lay low,”

Geez.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

29. I wonder the size of the pots - not much I'd bet

[gregcrawford]

30. A Liberal wakes up in the morning...

... 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]

31. Mahjong sounds foreign to me.

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]

32. Sue the city for breaking up a legal game! nt

[niyad]

33. I guess the boys in blue are trying to repair their murderous image. guess what, guys. FAIL.

[Paka]

34. Comedy gold is right!

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]

37. that is ridiculous

At this age, they have earned the privilege to do what the hell they want, including playing for money. Leave them alone.

[Omaha Steve]

38. "that even her doctor has told her that it can delay dementia"

I understand that.

K&R!

OS

[Doctor_J]

41. This is where libertarians get their material

A perfect example of "your tax dollars at work"

[OregonBlue]

42. I can't figure out which state is stupider, Floriduh or Texas.

[Enthusiast]

46. +100%!

[tk2kewl]

44. read this to wife - first thing she asked: "did anyone get shot?"

Sad that it has come to that

[Enthusiast]

45. Priorities!