$40,000 in poker earnings sought from Seward VFD

July 30, 2008

The state attorney general wants a rural Westmoreland County fire department to surrender more than $40,000 it raised from poker tournaments it held last year as fundraisers.

The tournaments were organized by Greensburg attorney Larry Burns, who faces misdemeanor gambling charges for allegedly running Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments in Seward.

A petition was filed this week in Cambria County seeking $40,814 the department earned from gambling.