Knox County Busts Gambling Hall
Knox County deputies seized $42,000 in cash and detained as many as 60 people in a raid on an illegal gambling hall.
Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Martha Dooley told the Knoxville News Sentinel that officers also seized marijuana, Oxycontin and oxycodone in the Wednesday raid.
No arrests were made at the scene and the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office will decide whether to file charges.
Among those detained for identification was Robert Ed Cummings, a former sheriff’s deputy and University of Tennessee police officer who was working the door.
Investigators said patrons paid a $50 entrance fee to sit at the poker and blackjack tables. The fee included dinner but not gambling chips.
A sign on the entrance doors read, “No drugs, gambling or alcoholic beverages allowed.”
