Bond Gets Probation for Illegal Slot Machines

Carroll “Roy” Bond of Cockeysville received probation for operating illegal slot machines in Baltimore County. Bond was charged with 110 counts of operating said illegal slot machines at 41 different locations around the county. As he stood before the court on October 29th however, the judge only allowed a statement of charges to be reason on three of those locations.

As part of a plea agreement, Bond let prosecutors read the statement, just as the hearing was about to begin. Prosecutors had shown up with a truckload of illegal slot machines as well as large binders and boxes of evidence to try their case.

According to Jill Savage, the Assistant State’s Attorney, they were planning on calling 10 of the 41 bar and restaurant owners who had agreed to testify against Bond. The witnesses had been offered immunity from state and federal prosecution.

Savage said that with their case as tight as it was, added to the upcoming testimony against Bond, taking the plea was his best bet. He and one of his employees had entered into agreements with the various establishments across the county. He would then give payouts to the players and the establishments would split the money in the slot machines with him.

Sometimes he would get as much as 60-40 of the split from the slot machines according to Savage. Prosecutors read regarding the seizure of more than half of a dozen illegal slot machines from three of the locations. They also seized about 100 other illegal slot machines from 38 other locations.

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