3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Ex-Indiana Lawmaker to Plead Guilty in Spectacle Entertainment Case
A former Indiana state representative will plead guilty to a federal honest services fraud conspiracy charge related to the Spectacle Entertainment corruption scandal, U.S. prosecutors have announced. Republican Sean Eberhart, 57, is the third lawmaker to plead guilty to charges linked to...
Meth-Dealing Kiwi Poker Champ Gets Add-On for Smuggling Prison Drugs
A poker player from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, imprisoned in 2018 for drug smuggling, saw his sentenced increased this week – because of more drug smuggling. Shane Thompson, also known as Shane Tamihana, enjoyed success at the poker tables in the mid-2010s....
South Dakota Hotel Ordered to Apologize to Native Americans for ‘Racist’ Ban
The owners of a South Dakota hotel-casino that banned Native Americans from the premises must publicly apologize to tribal organizations in the state and throughout the Great Plains region. This is part of a settlement to resolve a DOJ lawsuit that accused...
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,...
