Dallas<\/a> police officer and two other officers apparently still employed were convicted of gambling-related charges last month.<\/p>\nThe trio — and perhaps a fourth officer — were allegedly involved in illegal gambling between February 2015 and June 2018 in southeast Oak Cliff, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
Robert Rogers, a defense attorney connected with the case against two of the officers, told the newspaper, \u201cIt was nothing connected to their job as a police officer\u2026. It was nothing connected to anything greater than that they placed bets on a sporting event, just like millions of people will do this weekend at the Super Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the three officers were arrested in 2018, KDFW reported the officers bet on sporting events. One of the officers \u201cwould place [a] \u2026 wager through a bookie at an illicit gambling operation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also, the report claimed one of the officers would get a text message identified by \u201cGo Cowboys\u201d in the subject line if police were planning to raid the gambling operation where he was visiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Texas sheriff has fired one of his veteran deputies, with one report claiming it was because of an association with illegal gaming. KRGV TV said Hidalgo County Sheriff J.E. \u201cEddie\u201d Guerra confirmed Deputy Rodolfo Roel Salinas was dismissed, but declined to provide details. Salinas was neither arrested nor charged with a crime, KRGV said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":127605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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