Former Richland County Coroner Gary Watts, 69, is suing the Town of Irmo and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division over an arrest made in April of 2024 for holding an illegal gambling game next to a children’s day care center.
The lawsuit claims that Watts rights were violated and he was falsely arrested when officers raided an office suite in the Friarsgate Centre on N. Royal Tower Rd. in Irmo. The lawsuit is based on SC gambling laws and locations and states that ‘an office suite is not an unlawful location to play poker.’
State law is clear on where you can and cannot gamble or play poker. A rented office space is not on that list…