3072 stories by Philip Conneller
Oklahoma Man Receives Life Sentence for Murder Over ‘Joke’ Casino Winnings
A Muskogee, Okla. man has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2020 murder linked to nonexistent casino winnings. Kevin Marvell Jackson, 22, shot Bradley Dillon, 19, five times after he had joked about...
Seminoles’ Revived Sports Betting App Faces Fresh Legal Threat
West Flagler Associates, the pari-mutuel operator battling the Seminole sports betting monopoly in Florida, has petitioned the State Supreme Court to pull the plug on the tribe’s mobile sportsbook. The Seminoles relaunched the app earlier this week. That’s after the U.S. Supreme...
East Texas Cockfighting Bust Sees 300 Spectators Flee into Woods
Up to 300 people who had gathered to watch and gamble on illegal cockfighting bouts in rural east Texas bolted into the woods as deputies arrived to disrupt the spectacle. That’s according to a Facebook post by the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s...
Grosvenor Casino Dealer Killed Because of Jealousy: Ex-Roommate
An Italian casino dealer in the UK who bludgeoned a colleague and his fiancée to death with a sledgehammer may have acted out of jealousy, according to a former roommate. Andrea Cardinale, 22, allegedly attacked and killed Antonio “Nino” Calabro, 26, and Francesca...
Encore Boston Harbor ‘Hidden Felon’ Land Deal Claim Nixed
A former owner of the land that became Encore Boston Harbor has failed to convince the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that he deserves an extra $19 million from the sale. Anthony Gattineri owned a 49% stake in FBT Everett Realty. In 2009,...
Montreal Gangsters Get Life for Mob Hit on Wrong Man
Two Montreal men have been sent to prison for life for their part in a botched Mob hit that left an innocent man dead. Jeff Joubens Theus shot 72-year-old Angelo D'Onofrio six times in June 2016 at a café on the city’s...
Gulfstream Park Claims Canal Pollution Lawsuit is Dangerous Horsecrap
Florida’s Gulfstream Park racetrack has denied an accusation by its former general counsel that it polluted a canal leading to the Intracoastal Waterway with horse manure. Michael Fucheck was the track’s top lawyer for nine years. In a recently unsealed federal lawsuit,...
South Korea Probes ‘Trans Con Artist’ Who Wooed Olympian Posing as Casino Scion
South Korea has been gripped by the saga of a female-born alleged con artist who was briefly engaged to one of the country’s most beloved sportswomen while identifying as a man. Jeon Cheong-jo claimed to be a scion of the Paradise Group,...
Philippines Immigration Officer Gets Nine Years for Faking Wirecard Fugitive’s Travel Records
A former officer with the Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration (BI) has been handed a nine-year prison sentence for falsifying travel records for Wirecard fugitive and suspected Russian spy Jan Marsalek. Marcos S. Nicodemus was convicted for cooking the books to make it...
Grand Gateway Hotel Killer Pleads Guilty, Discrimination Lawsuit Filed
A Rapid City, S.D. man who shot to death an acquaintance at the Grand Gateway Hotel in the city, sparking a “racist ban,” has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Quincy Bear Robe, 21, admitted to killing Myron Blaine Pourier Jr. on March...
