Florida is keeping the heat on illegal gambling with state authorities now homing in on a new multi-million ring, that has implicated at least one member of law enforcement. Authorities arrested a sheriff in central Florida and charged him with racketeering as well as conspiracy.
Sheriff Arrested as Part of Gambling Operation Bust
Marcos Lopez the Osceola County Sheriff, is now facing first-degree felonies and has been held in custody at Lake County, Florida. The operation the sheriff has been arrested for could be worth as much as $21.6 million, as the official cited by authorities and publicly available documents.
Sheriff Lopez is suspected of having accepted payments from the illegal gambling operation, receiving payments and gifts. In exchange, he would offer a sort of protection to the operations and try to steer his colleagues away from the gambli