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Mayor's Son Gets Prison Time [liberal Seattle mayor]
Seattle PI ^
| December 14, 2007
| PAUL SHUKOVSKY
Posted on 12/17/2007 8:38:03 PM PST by chardonnay
The son of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels was sentenced to three months in federal prison Friday for his role in conspiring to cheat the Nooksack River Casino out of more than $90,000.
Jacob Nickels was one of 24 people charged in May in connection with a multistate casino-cheating scheme in which bribed employees dealt pre-recorded, unshuffled playing cards.
Teams of swindlers, led by members of a San Diego-area family, fanned out to 18 casinos around the country to execute the "false shuffle" scam in games of blackjack and mini-baccarat.
Prosecutors say the ring cheated casinos out of millions of dollars. The Emerald Queen Casino near Fife lost $868,000 in one game.
Nickels, 26, was a pit boss at the Whatcom County tribal casino in 2005 when he accepted $5,000 to introduce one of the conspirators to willing dealers, according to court records.
With his father watching from the gallery, Nickels told U.S. District Judge John Coughenour that getting involved in the scam was "the biggest mistake of my life."
He pleaded guilty in August to a felony conspiracy charge in a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: casino; mayor; nickels; prison
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The bigger crime was ..."Nickels was trusted to protect casino revenue earmarked for tribal social services." [...] "what Nickels did was "tantamount to stealing from a nonprofit organization."
yep, in WA that's the real crime.
To: chardonnay
He “nickeled and dimed” the Indian casino?
Ooohhh...thats bad
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:40:20 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Mike Huckabee values illegals, criminals, and terrorists...Thanks "Values Voters")
To: chardonnay
Nooksack River Casino I had to re-read that one.
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:41:30 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: chardonnay
Bump
Great news, hopefully he will actually serve some time.
(wishful thinking, surely to be disappointed)
Thank you for posting :-)
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:44:13 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: SIDENET
Nooksack
I had to re-read that one.When we lived in Seattle, my son dated a girl for awhile who was part Nooksack. The hilarity in the radiohead household continues to ensue at just the mention of 'Nooksack.'
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:45:08 PM PST
by
radiohead
("Dissolution of the IRS as we know it." Fred Thompson. Stop...You had me at "dissolution.")
To: SIDENET
"Nooksack"
He's gonna have to keep those protected when he goes to the big house.
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:51:36 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: chardonnay
To: fieldmarshaldj
lol. no kidding. a jail filled with everyone his father liberated.
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:59:01 PM PST
by
chardonnay
( www.ballbusters.org)
To: chardonnay
Same mayor that scared kids about the North Pole melting due to global warming.
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:00:32 PM PST
by
chardonnay
( www.ballbusters.org)
To: chardonnay
Prosecutors say the ring cheated casinos out of millions of dollars. The Emerald Queen Casino near Fife lost $868,000 in one game. And yet only charged with conspiring to steal $90,000? Tell me his daddy didn't have influence. Of course, want to make him eligible to continue to vote. Oh, wait, felons do vote in King County.
To: chardonnay
<9>With his father watching from the gallery, Nickels told U.S. District Judge John Coughenour that getting involved in the scam was "the biggest mistake of my life."
No, being born a Nickels was his biggest mistake...It was all downhill from there...
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:16:30 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
To: taxesareforever
Mayor Nickels BFF, King County Executive Ron Sims’ son had a run in with the law too. I think it was drugs. Anyone remember?
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:20:16 PM PST
by
chardonnay
( www.ballbusters.org)
To: rockrr
These things are always a “mistake”. Oops, I broke the law! Nobody is ever guilty of anything more than a faux pas. Whatever happened to calling a crook a crook?
To: UCFRoadWarrior
I gotta learn how to post pictures. This story would go great with some stills from the family Guy episode involving the Indian casino.
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:26:52 PM PST
by
Bogtrotter52
(Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
To: Pining_4_TX
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:33:47 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
To: chardonnay
I can’t find sympathy for anyone involved.
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:36:52 PM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(Man, that's stupid...even by congressional standards.)
To: Bogtrotter52
Bog, get a photobucket account, and upload anything there.
then, take note of the tags under the pic after you upload it. click on the tag that says HTML. it automatically copies. then, right click here and paste.
voila!!
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:38:48 PM PST
by
chardonnay
( www.ballbusters.org)
To: Bogtrotter52
Here is an example:
img src="http://www.davesite.com/graphx/davesmll.gif" width="200" height="50" ALT="Dave's Site"
If you put a "<" before the "img" and another one ">" after "Site" it looks like this:
You can find more examples here:
Visit
HTML BOOTCAMP!
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:45:18 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
To: chardonnay
Wonder how much time he will receive for good behavior.
Exactly 90 days, I am sure.
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posted on
12/17/2007 10:09:34 PM PST
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
To: rockrr
If the son is as obese and out of shape as his socialist father, he's going to really learn what "drop the soap" is all about...
No pity here.
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