Video Poker 24/7 - Shootings May Have Link to Video Poker

Video Poker 247 - Shootings May Have Link to Video Poker

Police are wondering if the fatal shootings of a man and his wife have any link to the man’s earlier ties to video poker. The bodies of Howard Springer, 63, and his wife Nancy Springer, 65, were found having been shot.

A former township police chief, Howard Springer was shot in the head as was his wife. Springer was once convicted of video poker charges and police can’t help but wonder if there is some kind of link between the two crimes.

The bodies were found just before eight in the evening last Wednesday in Carroll Township, and the County Coroner, Tim Warco said that they were being investigated as homicides. Warco said that the autopsies that were performed the next day confirmed that the gunshot wounds were the cause of death.

Springer became a household name in May of 1999 when he was arrested on charges related to illegal video poker machines. Springer was the Chief of the Township police and retired just before he was arrested. He had placed some video poker machines in a deli and had protected the people who worked there from prosecution.

Springer admitted he had played the video poker games while on duty and that he had won more than $7,500 in the process. He received three years probation and was fined in regards to the video poker mess, and that seemed to be the end of it.

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