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Condon Says Police Can Seize South Carolina Machines July 126 June 2000COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -- June 26, 2000 – As reported by Associated Press: "The state's top two law enforcement officials are at odds about when video gambling machines have to be out of South Carolina. "All machines have to be unplugged at midnight July 1 and South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon on Monday said all local law enforcement agencies can start seizing machines right away. "However, State Law Enforcement Division Chief Robert Stewart plans to give operators an extra week to physically move the machines out of state. "…'Notwithstanding the governor's extension of time, the ban on video gambling can be enforced just as the Legislature wrote it,' Condon said. 'July 1st means July 1st.' "…Stewart said legal advisers told him the state should allow operators until July 8 to move machines out of the state. That's his plan and that's what he is telling local law enforcement agencies. "…However, if the machines are still operating on July 1, SLED agents will seize them and pursue criminal charges, Stewart said…" |