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Video Poker 247 - Defendant in Video Poker Case Claims Bribery
The sheriff’s department is under attack for allegedly accepting bribes not to report an illegal video poker business. Two county sheriffs so far have been accused of “accepting cash bribes to protect an illegal gambling business” in western North Carolina.
James Henderson, 42, is one of the defendants accused of operating an illegal video poker business and bribery of a law enforcement officer. Rutherford County Sheriff Jack Conner stands accused of taking a bribe from Henderson to protect the houses where he ran his illegal video poker machines.
Henderson said that other sheriffs were doing the same thing, and depending on the sheriff that’s how much he would pay. He said some wanted lump sums per month, one wanted $100 per video poker machine per month to protect him. Henderson and his brother are charged with operating the illegal video poker games and witness tampering.
North Carolina had made video poker machines illegal last year, and had started to phase them out. As of July 1st all video poker machines should have been gone. However, as in the case of Henderson, some kept the video poker machines and instead hired sheriff’s to protect them. They are accused of running the video poker games for years and taking in well over $5 million during that time.
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