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NEWS > 14 April 2007

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Sheriff's aide is back on the
After a brief internal investigation, Sheriff John Green yesterday reinstated the deputy who oversees sheriff's sales, finding no evidence of illegality or preferential treatment in his private real-estate purchases.

Green relieved Darrell R. Stewart of his duties Nov. 16 after the Daily News raised questions about five properties that Stewart and his wife, also a sheriff's employee, purchased after the real estate went through sheriff's sales to buyers who then sold the homes to them.

Although Stewart was reinstated, he will no longer act as auctioneer at the monthly she... Read more

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Virginia Police Fold Up Their

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Fraternal Order of Police is folding it's Texas Hold'em poker tournaments because of continuing questions about the legality of the games.

Since last summer, the group has raised nearly 90-thousand dollars for private education and other causes with the tournament held in a bingo hall in Portsmouth.

Its demise follows months of debate among officials in the city and elsewhere because of what some say is Virginia's unclear law on gambling.

The key factor is whether the games are primarily of skill or if they largely involve chance. The law defines illegal gambling as making a bet on a game which is a matter of chance.

But another part of the law says nothing will prevent any contest of skill where participants may receive prizes or a percentage of money.
 

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