Convenience stores raided for illegal gambling
Roberta police seized thousands of dollars Thursday night after raiding three Roberta covenenience stores allegedly paying cash illegally for video game winnings. "We hit all three at once," Roberta Police Chief Jackie Cooper said this morning. "They're paying off in cash so they're gambling machines." Officers, working in conjunction with the Fort Valley Police Department, seized money from more than a dozen machines operating at three stores on U.S. 341 in downtown, Cooper said. Haddock's, the A.U.M. store and Bob's Magic Mart were raided shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday after the department had been receiving complaints over the past year, Cooper said. No one has been arrested, but charges could be pending a review of the law, Cooper said.
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