--- description: Stockton Mayor was arrested on Thursday on several charges stemming from a strip poker game he allegedly recorded at a youth-camp title: Anthony Ray Silva Charged For Youth Strip Poker Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f2faa33598b8c6f/6988a1472dce0112999ea32c/anthony-ray-silva.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Californian Mayor Accused of Playing Strip Poker With Minor at Youth Camp by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2016 12:58 PM CUT  Mayor Anthony Ray Silva of Stockton, Calif., is shown in this booking photo released on Aug. 4, 2016. Mayor Anthony Ray Silva of Stockton, Calif., is shown in this booking photo released on Aug. 4, 2016.Amador County Sheriff's Office/Reuters by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2016 12:58 PM CUT The Mayor of Stockton, California, was arrested on Thursday on charges stemming from a strip poker game he is alleged to have surreptitiously recorded at a youth-camp he runs. [Anthony Ray Silva](http://time.com/23514/americas-most-miserable-city-emerges-from-bankruptcy/ "undefined"), 41, allegedly recorded a strip poker game on his cellphone, [reports _NBC_](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Stockton-Mayor-389204231.html "undefined"). He is also accused of providing alcohol to underage people at the Stockton Silver Lake Camp. “The audio of the surreptitious recording clearly indicates that the participants did not want to be recorded” Amador County District Attorney’s Office news release said. “Witnesses also informed FBI agents that Silva provided alcohol to the participants, all of whom were underage, including a minor.” He has been charged with eavesdropping, furnishing alcohol to individuals under the legal drinking age of 21, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and cruelty to a child by endangering health, according to an arrest warrant seen by NBC. “He absolutely denies these charges, he’s angry and he’s going to fight it,” Silva’s lawyer Allen Sawyer, told [_Associated Press_](http://staging.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FMAYOR%5FARRESTED%5FCALIFORNIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-08-04-16-38-54 "undefined"). “But his biggest concern right now is not to disrupt the at-risk youth up at the camp.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4440465/anthony-ray-silva-strip-poker-charges/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4440465/anthony-ray-silva-strip-poker-charges/"},"headline":"Californian Mayor Accused of Playing Strip Poker With Minor at Youth Camp","datePublished":"2016-08-05T12:58:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:47:38.420Z","description":"Anthony Ray Silva allegedly recorded the game","url":"https://time.com/4440465/anthony-ray-silva-strip-poker-charges/","keywords":["California","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f2faa33598b8c6f/6988a1472dce0112999ea32c/anthony-ray-silva.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f2faa33598b8c6f/6988a1472dce0112999ea32c/anthony-ray-silva.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Courtesy Amador County Sheriff's Office photo of Mayor Anthony Ray Silva of Stockton","caption":"Mayor Anthony Ray Silva of Stockton, Calif., is shown in this booking photo released on Aug. 4, 2016.","creditText":"Amador County Sheriff's Office/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4440465/anthony-ray-silva-strip-poker-charges/","name":"Californian Mayor Accused of Playing Strip Poker With Minor at Youth Camp"}}]}] ```