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"A woman, flush with fear, dialed 9-1-1 Saturday after returning from a night out with her husband. She had just watched helplessly as two men ambushed him in the couple's garage, threw him in a car and sped away.

Rialto police immediately began looking for the described getaway car and suspected kidnappers - even enlisting a San Bernardino County sheriff's helicopter in the search.

When the car was located minutes later, police found a pair of jokers.
Unbeknownst to the officers and the victim's wife, the whole incident was staged by the man's buddies to get him to play poker, said Rialto Sgt. Carla McCullough."