The noise level, the activity, the gangs, the fighting that goes on — is serious,\u201d<\/strong> Gallo said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nOakland police say they continue to investigate illegal gambling dens, adding that landlords can be fined if the operations are located in their buildings.<\/p>\n
More than a dozen illegal gambling dens operating in Oakland were identified by local police since 2020. At least three of the operations were raided.<\/p>\n
Even after police raid the joints, they sometimes continued to operate, the Mercury News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\nMultiple Crimes<\/h2>\n The Oakland operations have led to serious crime.<\/p>\n
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For instance, the same gambling joint on Solano Way was robbed twice in two days in 2019. Masked bandits stole gaming machines. In 2020, at the same location a 16-year-old Pittsburg, Calif. girl was fatally shot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Last year, in another illegal casino, four people allegedly tore the clothes off of a patron and tortured him, the Mercury News <\/em>reported.<\/p>\nResidents Support Raids<\/h2>\n Following last month\u2019s raid, East Oakland residents told KTVU <\/em>they want continued police enforcement on the illegal casinos.<\/p>\n“We don’t want the casino around here. That’s going to bring violence and other things out here,\u201d Matthew Wilson, Sr., who is affiliated with Agnes Memorial Church, said. \u201cHaving an illegal casino brings a lot of bad energy. We’re trying to build an environment, a community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The raid of an illegal gaming joint in Oakland, Calif. last month led to the arrest of four men on weapons charges as part of the city\u2019s continuing crackdown against illicit gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":283775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60],"tags":[13766,82370,81928,82930],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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