November 6th, 2007
Kingsport police have seized $19,900 in cash and arrested 16 people - including the 2005 Seniors Division winner of the World Series of Poker - during a raid on a local gambling operation.
The raid came after a citizen’s tip to police and the charges against the group varied from gambling, to possession of untaxed liquor and one man was charged with carrying a pistol.
Kingsport’s vice unit and community policing team found 16 men at 4209 Fort Henry Drive about 9:30 Friday night sitting around a table playing poker when they police raided the building. All of the people were arrested for gambling.
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Police list the man responsible for running the establishment, Donnie Godsey, as half-owner of the Hog Wild Saloon on Stone Drive. Godsey, 46, formerly of Church Hill, was charged with aggravated gambling promotion.
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