David “Chino” Rheem Officially Clear to Play at 2008 WSOP Final
- Filed under: Chino, David Rheem, High Stakes News, Poker, WSOP
- Date: Aug 21,2008
David Rheem, one of nine individuals slated to sit at this November’s final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker, has been cleared by the Hollywood, Florida Police Department.
Final verification of this came on Wednesday after some confusion over how his name may have appeared in the police system. Lt. Marino of the Hollywood Police confirmed that the “trespassing” offense against Rheem first reported was not something that would lead his department to arrest the poker player during the WSOP live event. The charges were filed shortly after Mr. Rheem finished serving probation for an unrelated felony larceny conviction.
“There would be no reason for Florida to extradite David on this offense seeing that it’s considered a misdemeanor and was given a ‘notice to appear’ (ticket) which probably entailed some fines to pay,” said Lt. Marino.
Details of the incident in question emerged on Wednesday.
“It was a misdemeanor trespassing charge where a security guard might have asked Mr. Rheem to leave the property and when Mr. Rheem did not, the security guard called the Hollywood P.D. “It was also explained that the arresting officer stated that it was in fact a misdemeanor.”
Information has lead to believe Rheem “probably already took care of this issue by paying any outstanding fines since there are no active warrants out for him in the system.”
So, now it looks like Rheem is cleared and we’ll see major action at the Final Table in November, and maybe even the arresting officer will be rooting for Rheem to win!
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