BRUNSWICK

State police continue to investigate an allegedly illegal card gambling lounge at 14 Thomas Point Road, where one player told investigators he was robbed at gunpoint in an unreported incident late last year.

That report is just one detail included in court documents outlining the state police investigation that led to misdemeanor charges for two men, following a search on the night of July 2, when police took into evidence $952 in cash, poker chips, playing cards, an electronic door buzzer and a spinning card wheel.

Over the course of a sixmonth investigation leading up to the execution of that search warrant and summonses on misdemeanor charges of unlawful gambling for brothers Christopher L. Moulton, 31, and Dennis L. Moulton, 29, Sgt. Michael Zabarsky wrote that he spoke with certain card players who described the gambling room at the back of the building at 14 Thomas Point Road.

In the course of those interviews, one card player told Zabarsky that around $1,100 was stolen during a robbery at gunpoint last December that players decided collectively not to report “because they knew the game was illegal,” according to court documents.

Following that incident, the player told police that a special entry system and locked door with a buzzer was installed.

Zabarsky told The Times Record on Monday that his investigation did not confirm reports of an armed robbery at the building or that weapons were present, but that the reason for his unit’s intervention in the case, Zabarsky said, was out of concern “that there could be a greater enterprise going on here or a risk of violence due to the cash that is involved.”

Police believe that gambling took place at that location for around a year before a search warrant was executed.

Christopher Moulton said in a telephone interview Monday that he has hired lawyers for his defense and that he challenges the validity of that search warrant.

Neighbors and an employee at a neighboring business said Monday that they had seen high-end cars and welldressed gentlemen entering the building, but surveillance operations at the building on a night in June provided a different picture. On that night, a state police trooper observed nine cars pull into the lot, including a minivan and a Mercury sedan.

Players interviewed by police indicated that the games occurred most often on Mondays and Wednesdays and that dealers would make around $20 in tips per hour.

It is a crime under state law for a person to profit from unlawful gambling activity and can result in charges of aggravated unlawful gambling, a Class B crime, if bets are believed to have been made over $1,000 in any 24- hour period.

Both Moulton brothers face Class D misdemeanor charges following the state police investigation.

Players reported to police that poker chips were used in the games and were exchanged for cash at the beginning or end of play. Zabarsky wrote in his request for a search warrant that neither the owner of the building, Stephen Sylvester, or Christopher Moulton have been issued a gambling license from the state.

Zabarsky told The Times Record that the investigation will continue until the district attorney reviews the case and that investigators believe gamblers were mostly from the local area. He did not know Monday if any other charges would be filed in connection with the investigation.