The key there was NO MANDATORY MINIMUM sentence if you noticed.. They aren't gonna keep some clown locked up for fake poker chips when apparently nothing was officially stolen per se as the courts saw it.. I kinda figured he'd get cut loose. Bet if he'd had a gun in his luggage travelling and got stuck over night (through no fault of his own and had followed TSA and federal regs to declare the locked firearm in his suitcase) though they would've been ready to throw him in jail for 10yrs.Originally Posted by Forum Wars
CHRISTIAN LUSARDI was Released a half year ago after about 6 Months Served
Managed to "flush" this one out...don't think anyone in the poker world noticed...Let's keep going with PFA exclusives...
Proving once again that poker crimes get you a little more than a slap on the wrist, Christian Lusardi was paroled back in July 2016 after serving only a little over 6 months for BOTH a 3-year and 5-year sentence that was being served concurrently in the Garden State.
You can search for him here after accepting the conditions https://www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatefinder?i=I
...but this is what it will show...
Yes that really happened to a guy.. Airlines fucked up and he got stuck in NJ for the night.. He had to collect his luggage.. When he went to reboard in the morning and as per legal requirements declared his firearm locked in his luggage he was arrested for an unlicensed firearm possession in NJ, despite the fact he was only supposed to be traveling through there on a connection to another part of the and, had travelled legally from a state where he was legally allowed to possess said firearm..
Ulitmately the case was dropped and it took him 2yrs to get his gun back but cost this guy 10days being held in jail on a charge that got dropped because it was usurped by Federal Law regarding interstate travel and firearms transportation..
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