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Video Poker 247 - Records Show Video Poker Payoffs

The trial continues for former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and his deputies as even more evidence comes to life. It seems that Anna Deaton has testified and her account of what was going on has greatly differed from Medford’s account.

Deaton was the bookkeeper for Henderson Amusement, Inc., one of the companies implicated in the video poker gambling ring, and she says that she assisted with Jerry Pennington’s expense reports. Pennington would use a code on his reports that was an “XXXX” and “XXX” that was for the Buncombe County Sheriff’s office.

He would use the code to get reimbursed for payments that he made to Medford for his protection for their illegal video poker gambling ring. The company made more than $14 million in North Carolina off of the illegal video poker machines.

Other records had Medford’s co-defendant, Capt. Guy Kenneth Penland on them with a code of “G” or “Judge” to let them know that these were the times they paid him for his protection. They paid him $450 a week and he registered video poker machines at the Sheriff’s office.

Deaton was responsible for turning the handwritten notes into expense reports that went to the owners of the Henderson Company. All of the owners of the company have pled guilty in the illegal video poker debacle.


 

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