Poker Player Under Arrest

February 29, 2009

Usually when you hear a story about a poker player under arrest it is usually because they have been caught playing poker and the state that they are in are trying to prosecute them for what it essentially a legal sport. However, not quite as common is an actual crime story regarding the poker player, and not usually something this violent.

Ernie Scherer III is being held without bail at a Las Vegas jail on charges that he murdered his parents. The poker player’s parents were found murdered last year, and he has been under investigation by the police. Las year he was listed as a “person of interest” in the crime.

His parents were beaten to death in their California home, where they were found. Scherer is being held on a warrant that was issued out of Alameda County, California. He allegedly killed his mother, Charlene Abendroth, 57 and his father, Ernie Scherer, Jr., 60 – and they were found roughly a week after the murder took place.

He was arrested Monday night and taken to prison. It is unclear what evidence they have against the poker player, but his home was searched and his car was seized in the investigation. His father had played some poker as well, but was not a professional the way his son was. However, he was a full time real estate investor and his wife of 31 years taught at Cal State East Bay. A court date has not been set yet.