08/29/10 — County poker game raided, eight arrested

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County poker game raided, eight arrested

By Staff Reports
Published in News on August 29, 2010 1:50 AM

The Mount Olive Police Department and agents with the North Carolina Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement arrested eight people in Seven Springs for violations of the state gambling laws.

Agents seized $23,700 in cash and a poker table, cards and chips at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 26.

Arrested at 2169 Pine View Cemetery Road in Seven Springs were Kay D. Smith, Harold Newcomb, Frankie S. Walker, Edward E. Walters, Prentice J. Newsome, John W. Smith, Ernest L. Vinson and Robert H. Davenport Jr.