Last year, the police raided, using excessive force, an office where a poker game was being played. Now, Gary Watts, one of the participants, is suing them for damages
Last year, Gary Watts, a former Richland County coroner, was arrested alongside some of his friends for hosting organized poker games, reported WIS News back in 2024.
Now he is suing both the Irmo Police Department as well as the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
What the police called busting an illegal gambling den Watts describes as “a false arrest and malicious prosecution”…