Overview
- Officers searched three businesses in Fort Payne on Oct. 20 after community tips identified suspected machines.
- Investigators found 38 devices paying out cash and seized more than $7,200, according to Chief Davis.
- Gael Garcia, 20, of Albertville was booked on counts including possession of gambling devices, promoting gambling, conspiracy to promote gambling, and possession of gambling records.
- The targeted locations were 601 Gault Ave S, 515 Gault Ave N, and 1506 A Gault Ave N.
- Police publicized the operation on social media, and reporting noted that Alabama permits only tribal electronic-bingo casinos, not table games.