Saturday, December 23, 2006

Three separate gambling operations in Selma were taken down simultaneously
as police made five arrests and seized 17 video gaming machines, each valued
at $8,000. A sixth person is wanted by authorities, who police said ran an
illegal gambling and bootleg liquor operation. There were five machines
seized at the Lawrence St. Grocery in Selma on Wednesday. Marcus Hopkins,
53, was arrested and jailed on $3,000 bond, police said. Six gaming machines
were seized at The Variety Shop. Joe Ford, 62, and Gidget Lewis, 45, were
charged and jailed on $6,000 bond. The third location was a house where
police seized six gaming machines seized. They arrested Corey Horton, 23,
and Georgia Carter, 36. Horton was jailed on $500 bond and Carter on $4,000.