Video Poker 24/7 - Video Poker Defendants Decide to Cooperate

Video Poker 247 - Video Poker Defendants Decide to Cooperate

The video poker scandal that has rocked North Carolina has taken a turn for the better. It seems that four of the men who have been implicated in the illegal video poker operation have been assisting the feds to bring down more people involved. They have allegedly been responsible for identifying more than two dozen people, and are looking at reduced prison sentences because of it.

The men are James Otis Henderson and his brother Barron Sloan Henderson, Harold Steve Hartness and Jerry Pennington. These men were all given prison terms ranging from one to six years. Because of their cooperation however, these men will assuredly be looking at less time as long as they keep cooperating.

The men have been responsible for bringing down former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford – who has now also been included in the indictments for the video poker scandal. The men that have been apprehended thus far all have ties to Henderson Amusements, which seems to be the front runner for the illegal video poker machines.

Henderson has been most helpful in bringing down many of those involved in the video poker ring. He is on tape describing several of the men involved, including the former sheriff. He told him of how the sheriff’s would take bribes to protect them and their video poker machines, and to let them know when they should be careful.

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