Bryan Lisio to Avoid Trial for Brutal Poker Room Beating

A Hampton man accused of beating and robbing an elderly man in the parking lot of The Poker Room will plead guilty to avoid trial for his role in the Jan. 31 incident, according to the Union Leader. 

Bryan Adam Lisio, 25, who is currently incarcerated in the Rockingham County House of Corrections, will enter his plea — the details of which aren't yet public — during a hearing in Rockingham Superior Court on Aug. 28, according to the Union Leader.

Lisio was recently indicted on two Class A felony counts of armed robbery, and one Class B felony count each of unarmed robbery, second-degree assault with bodily injury, and second-degree assault (strangulation).

Lisio allegedly waited in the parking lot of The Poker Room as the 64-year-old victim got out of his car on Jan. 31. Lisio—armed with a handgun—attacked the man, beating him over the head, strangling him, and demanding money, police have said. Lisio then took $80 that the man had in his wallet, police have said.

Lisio fractured the other man’s orbital bone and applied “pressure” to his “throat or neck area” during the robbery, according to the indictments.

Police arrested Lisio in February on one count of felony armed robbery and two counts of second-degree assault. Lisio has previous arrests for theft, assault and DWI.