Alleged Home Burglar & EPT Champ Jordan Saccucci Removed from WSOP Paradise
December 10,
2024 Chad Holloway Executive Editor U.S.
Less than a week ago, poker player Jordan
Saccucci, who won nearlyR$1 million for taking down the 2024 European Poker Tour (EPT)
Prague Main Event, was arrested in Ontario, Canada in connection with a robbery spree
that included more than 30 residential properties.
The 33-year-old is seemingly out on
bond as he was spotted, and confirmed via a registration list, to be competing on Day
1b of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Main Event.
However, his stay was
short-lived not because of running out of chips, but because he was removed from the
property at the Atlantis Paradise Island Casino’s discretion, a decision WSOP staff
abided by. The exact reason for his removal, and whether or not it was connected to his
legal situation, was not made available.
Saccucci was arrested on December 5 by Halton
Regional Police in Oakville alongside another suspect, 41-year-old Dumark Lindsay. A
press release stated that both men “were held in custody pending a bail hearing in
Milton.”
PokerNews has reached out to the Halton Regional Police Service Corporate
Communications to inquire on the bail hearing, but the office is closed on the
weekend.
The arrests came a week after authorities raided the residences of four
different suspects, including Saccucci. The arrested pair were charged with 68
offenses, and for Saccucci it isn’t his first time in trouble with the law.
Jordan
Saccucci
Back in March 2024, he was one of ten people arrested for a separate
breaking-and-entering Toronto crime spree that spanned from 2024 into 2024, and media
reports indicate his panache for break-ins went as far back as 2024.
Saccucci won the
EPT Prague Main Event in December 2024 for overR$900,000, beating French pro Antoine
Saout heads up. He hasR$1,366,000 in live tournament cashes dating back to 2024,
according to The Hendon Mob. The Canadian poker player also has two deep runs in World
Poker Tour (WPT) events, including a ninth-place finish forR$27,856 at the 2024 WPT
Fallsview Poker Classic.
Despite the serious nature of his crimes, Saccucci has made
his way down to the Bahamas to continue playing poker and issued the following
statement to PokerNews after this article was published:
I would like you guys to
follow up on this article and find out the details of my bail. As for my 2024 case,
those charges have been tossed out in court and there is record of that, which I can
provide proof of. So I don’t know why a charge in 2024 is being brought up in the
article when all charges have been dismissed. Halton and Peel regional police have
charged me in the past and I was found not guilty. Two officers on the police force
were found guilty of lying under oath and were suspended two months without pay, and
there is also record of that. If PokerNews wants proof of that I can provide that
information as well, this is public record information. Yes, I have a past but I’m sure
everyone does. I ain’t perfect but the truth is I haven’t been convicted for anything
like this since 2024 which is seven years ago. Thanks.
The Alleged Crime Spree
Jordan
Saccucci & associates. (Image: image nsauga)
According to local reports, Saccucci and
three others — Marcel Blackburn (37), Dumark Lindsay (41), and Paul Nkrumah (36) —
robbed multiple homes wearing surgical masks and hoods, sometimes during the daytime.
If confronted, the alleged crooks apparently claimed they were at the home for
construction or landscaping purposes.
The suspect's vehicle. Image: nsauga
Police
raided the homes of the suspects on Nov. 21 where they discovered and recovered
"numerous" stolen items from the victims' properties.
The suspects reportedly parked
their black Chevrolet Tahoe RST in the driveway of the victim's property before
approaching the home during an invasion attempt. That vehicle was also seized during
their arrests and was discovered to be stolen with fake plates.
On December 8, the
Halton Regional Police Service announced that the final suspect in the investigation,
Marcel Blackburn (38), was arrested in Oakville and also “charged with 69 Break and
Enter related offences and one breach of probation charge.”
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was removed by casino officials from the WSOP Paradise Main Event in the Bahamas.
