FLORENCE
COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – Several agencies came together in Florence County to serve
warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into two businesses that many Pee
Dee citizens are fed up with.
Captain
Michael Nunn, spokesman for the Florence County Sheriff's Office, says their
office joined with the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, agents with
SLED and the Florence City Police Department to execute search warrants at two
internet cafés at 2112 South Irby Street
in Florence Thursday.
Approximately
70 computers used to play the games of chance at Showtime Sweepstakes and
Sweepstakes Headquarters were seized by authorities, as well as other operational
assets.
"We have
received an ever increasing number of citizen complaints about these operations,"
Sheriff Kenney Boone states. "The Attorney General and SLED have determined
that these businesses violate the gambling laws of South
Carolina as games of chance, and we will continue to enforce the law where it
applies."
Nunn adds
that this investigation is ongoing and criminal charges against the businesses
are pending.
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