Decatur Gambling Arrest

Police cracking down on illegal gambling

And is in good condition.

Police are cracking down on illegal gambling in decatur, making their third arrest this month.

This man, franciso ramirez, was arrested after police found illegal gambling devices at a business where he worked.

Waay31s sierra phillips is live on danville road in decatur where that arrest happened, sierra?

Police say they've had more illegal gambling cases two months into the new year than they did in all of 2019!

This most recent, like you said, was right here on danville road.

Police say they confiscated these illegal slot machines.

They were hidden in the back of a store!

Just last week- they raided the moulton mini mart and found slot machines in there too!

They also say the charge is usually a misdemeanor for the store owner and employees.

Once those machines are seized they're usually destroyed when the case is over.

Police say help from the community makes a big difference with these types of cases and it's what lead to this recent arrest.

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