Lakeside Hotel Casino<\/a> and parent company Affinity Gaming were sued by a West Des Moines police officer.<\/p>\nHe was seriously injured by an alleged drunk driver who had been at the gaming property hours before, according to a lawsuit. The court action claims the casino\u2019s servers should have cut the driver off from additional drinks.<\/p>\n
The Des Moines Register<\/em>, citing the lawsuit, said Jon Schwartz, 61, of Kellogg, drove a rental car after having several drinks in 2020 at the casino. The car he was driving allegedly struck a cruiser in which Officer Jon Kaufman sat.<\/p>\nKaufman\u2019s attorney claims Schwartz drove the car after having at least 11 beers at the Osceola casino on Nov. 7, 2020, according to gaming property surveillance video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An intoxicated man in Washington State who allegedly pointed a pistol at a blackjack dealer at The Point Casino had an alarmingly high blood alcohol level. A dealer alerted officials the man needed to be cut off from drinks after he was seen slumped over at a casino table. The 24-year-old Bremerton, Wash. suspect, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":220461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Washington State Casino Patron So Intoxicated Jail Refused to Take Him<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n