RIVERSIDE, Ohio -- Police are investigating a robbery in a Dayton suburb that ended in a group of people walking down the street wrapped only in trash bags.

Police say thieves robbed a dozen poker players at gunpoint during a game early Friday at a private club in Riverside. Before leaving, they stripped the players of their clothes and tied them together with shoelaces and belts.

The victims managed to free themselves and find the trash bags in about an hour, but by then, the robbers were long gone.

One of the poker players says the thieves were in the club for nearly an hour and even took the time to search through the cars in the parking lot.

Police say they have fewer officers patrolling the city because of budget cuts.