Never fear a racing pool when ALE is on the lookout
By Scott Sexton
Winston-Salem Journal
You would think that the N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement agency has better things to do than busting a local AMVETS post for running a NASCAR pool.
A 48-year-old AMVETS volunteer worker, Willie Wilson, wound up having to fork out $110 in court costs. The club faces the possibility that it could lose its license to sell beer, have to temporarily close its doors, pay a fine of up to $5,000 or some combination such penalties.
All over an innocuous $80 racing pool set up to amuse a handful of aging military veterans and their friends in a private club, AMVETS Post 777 on East Sprague Street.
Hardly the crime of the century. What's next? Federal racketeering charges?
There wasn't much Wilson could do when agents with ALE walked into the post's canteen area on June 20 about 12:45 a.m. flashing badges.
"I just sat back and let them do their thing," Wilson said. He was cited as an individual, while the club faces a future administrative hearing on the bust.
Even Judge William Graham - a no-nonsense type who has heard his share of goofy stories - looked puzzled when Wilson stood before him and entered a guilty plea Tuesday morning in Forsyth District Court.
"You were arrested for running a race pool?" Graham asked.
Winston-Salem Journal
You would think that the N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement agency has better things to do than busting a local AMVETS post for running a NASCAR pool.
A 48-year-old AMVETS volunteer worker, Willie Wilson, wound up having to fork out $110 in court costs. The club faces the possibility that it could lose its license to sell beer, have to temporarily close its doors, pay a fine of up to $5,000 or some combination such penalties.
All over an innocuous $80 racing pool set up to amuse a handful of aging military veterans and their friends in a private club, AMVETS Post 777 on East Sprague Street.
Hardly the crime of the century. What's next? Federal racketeering charges?
There wasn't much Wilson could do when agents with ALE walked into the post's canteen area on June 20 about 12:45 a.m. flashing badges.
"I just sat back and let them do their thing," Wilson said. He was cited as an individual, while the club faces a future administrative hearing on the bust.
Even Judge William Graham - a no-nonsense type who has heard his share of goofy stories - looked puzzled when Wilson stood before him and entered a guilty plea Tuesday morning in Forsyth District Court.
"You were arrested for running a race pool?" Graham asked.
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