According to a New York Times report, 57-year-old Douglas Warner attempted to kidnap the boss of a sports betting firm in Long Island after losing $200,000 betting on football.
Mr. Warner packed a handgun, stun gun and bullet-resistant vest into his fiancée's Buick and drove from his Ohio home to New York to get his money back. He parked himself outside Platinum Sports Advisory and waited until its owner, 47-year-old George Villano, walked out, then grabbed him at gunpoint.
They drove to Mr. Villano's home nearby, and Mr. Villano persuaded Mr. Warner to accept $4,800 in cash as a down payment. Mr. Villano dropped Mr. Warner off at the Sayville Motor Lodge, promising that the two would meet again the next morning, when Mr. Villano would give Mr. Warner the rest of the $200,000.
Mr. Villano called the police and Mr. Warner's trip ended in a jail cell.
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