Who Owns What?
First a former McAllen mayor owns a location housing a suspected illegal gambling joint. Now, a local police chief comes up as the owner of a security firm that the operator of the recently raided casino says belongs to him.
As the Brownsville Herald's Emma Perez-Treviño uncovers:
As the Brownsville Herald's Emma Perez-Treviño uncovers:
Public records show that Los Fresnos Police Chief James Harris III owns Coastal Security & Protection in North Brownsville, but Goldmine arcade operator Eduardo Rene Peña claims he owns it as well.
The chief tells NewsChannel 5 his officers weren't providing information to the arcade operators.
Don't forget -- Cameron County DA Armando Villalobos says that after the anti-gambling task force raid, Peña claimed he's under protection from local law enforcement honchos. No wonder the district attorney wants the FBI to investigate.
posted by Mack T. Harrison at 1:46 PM
2 Comments:
I'm curious; how do you know who patronized this establishment? Did you see them there? Do you have some kind of documentation that puts them there? If so, I'd love to see it.
Direct knowledge is good. I just worry about people passing along rumor as fact. Too often people will claim "everyone knows" something when they don't have any source other than rumors. I'm not accusing you of that, Pugsley; I just want to make sure there's a factual basis for your statement, which you have supplied.
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