Illegal Slot Machine Raid

Jones County and Gray stores were the site of a police raid on illegal slot machines last week. More than $140,000 in cash was seized by police from the illegal slot machines.

The stores in question had been operating illegally and had been under investigation for the illegal slot machines. According to Capt. Earl Humphries of the Jones County Sheriff’s Department, all of the stores had been investigated with the first part of it simply determining which ones were acting illegally and which ones were not.

They said that the slot machines are not illegal as long as they are not paying out in cash. However, those establishments that thwart Georgia law and pay out their slot machines illegally will be prosecuted.

According to the captain ten warrants were executed on October 2nd, and both the cash and receipts were taken from the businesses. One of the establishments could not be served as they had changed ownership between the time the warrant was served and it was obtained.

The warrants on the illegal slot machine establishments were executed simultaneously at 5 pm. They were assisted in this endeavor by the Gray Police Department and the US Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force.

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