raid<\/a> of a gambling operation.<\/p>\nOfficers became suspicious after getting word from residents illegal gambling was taking place in the Houston game room. Undercover deputies went to the unnamed gaming operation and confirmed illegal gambling was happening there.<\/p>\n
Two employees, Son Van Nguyen and Thanh Van Nguyen, were charged with possession of gambling device paraphernalia.<\/strong><\/p>\nAuthorities point out that illegal gambling can lead to other crimes, according to Houston TV station KRIV<\/em>.<\/p>\nOfficial Charged After Alleged Gambling<\/h2>\n
A North Carolina public official was arrested earlier this month after allegedly driving while intoxicated and gambling, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Madison County Board of Elections Director Jacob Ray, 30, was charged with driving while impaired and misdemeanor gambling. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nHe has court dates of August 27 and October 7 for the different charges.<\/p>\n
The arrest was revealed to the public on July 18 by Madison County Board of Commissioners Chair Matt Wechtel who said he first learned about the DWI charge on July 14 and the gambling count on July 16.<\/p>\n
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Wechtel also told the Asheville Citizen-Times<\/em>, a local news outlet, it was \u201ctroubling and extremely disappointing\u201d he found out about the arrests from outside sources and not from those inside the Board of Elections office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cAs soon as the Board of Commissioners was able to confirm the accuracy of the charges, we strongly urged the Board of Elections to take swift and stringent disciplinary actions to ensure the credibility of the Madison County electoral process going forward,\u201d Wechtel said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man used a fraudulent check to get $865K in markers all of which he quickly lost this week while playing at Las Vegas\u2019s Aria Resort & Casino, authorities said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":326145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[91798,13766,23],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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