03.24.2010 2:05 pm
St. Louis bookie pleads guilty, will forfeit $295,000
By Robert Patrick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A St. Louis bookie pleaded guilty to a federal gambling charge Wednesday and agreed to forfeit $295,431, as well as guns and computer gear, prosecutors said.
As part of 54-year-old Douglas Lee Brown’s guilty plea to operating an illegal gambling business, Brown admitted making bets on sporting events from November 2006 to November 2007.
Brown and Michael Joseph Russo, 53, of Naples, Fla., were indicted in March 2009. Russo was indicted on one count of operating an illegal gambling business and Brown was indicted on the same charge, as well as one count of engaging in an illegal monetary transaction and five counts of interstate transmission of wagering information.
Russo has pleaded not guilty, although his lawyer, Art Margulis, said that Russo would also plead guilty shortly.
St. Louis bookie pleads guilty, will forfeit $295,000
By Robert Patrick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A St. Louis bookie pleaded guilty to a federal gambling charge Wednesday and agreed to forfeit $295,431, as well as guns and computer gear, prosecutors said.
As part of 54-year-old Douglas Lee Brown’s guilty plea to operating an illegal gambling business, Brown admitted making bets on sporting events from November 2006 to November 2007.
Brown and Michael Joseph Russo, 53, of Naples, Fla., were indicted in March 2009. Russo was indicted on one count of operating an illegal gambling business and Brown was indicted on the same charge, as well as one count of engaging in an illegal monetary transaction and five counts of interstate transmission of wagering information.
Russo has pleaded not guilty, although his lawyer, Art Margulis, said that Russo would also plead guilty shortly.