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Sheriff: Cell Phone Store Hid Illegal Gaming Operation

TEXAS – As reported by the Fort Worth Star Telegram: "It's called Liberty Communications, a store that sells cellphone accessories and phone cards.

"After buying a card, a customer can go to a large back room where dozens of video gaming machines line the walls.

"...The customer inserts his phone card into the machines and plays the games.

"…Tarrant County sheriff's deputies raided Liberty Communications on Crowley Road near Fort Worth on Thursday in what they described as the most sophisticated eight-liner machine operation they've ever seen.

"Authorities confiscated 82 machines and found thousands of dollars in a safe, said Sheriff's Department spokesman Terry Grisham.

"It was likely the second-largest raid since the Sheriff's Department began raiding game rooms for illegal eight-liners last year.

"…Liberty Communications has been under investigation for several weeks, according to Lt. Alan Dennis of the Sheriff's Department's criminal investigation division…"

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