Barring an appeal, the final challenge to the constitutionality of Ohio\u2019s casinos has ended.\u00a0Last Fall, a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judge ruled against Frederick Kinsey, the last of seventeen members of Ohio Roundtable who had filed a lawsuit in 2011 challenging the constitutionality of casino gambling in Ohio.\u00a0The judge rejected Kinsey\u2019s claim that his federal constitutional rights had been violated.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in federal court, the latest lawsuit filed by Marshal Lucas, aka Great Elk Dancer for his Elk Nation, has drawn to a close.\u00a0Marshal is no stranger to the legal process.\u00a0Since 2013 he has filed a number of lawsuits against various public officials.<\/p>\n
This particular lawsuit stems from 2014, when a search warrant was executed on his Logan business, the Red Door Internet Caf\u00e9\/Casino.\u00a0Lucas was charged with 24 counts ranging from illegal gambling, to operating a casino gaming operation, to operating a gambling house.\u00a0In exchange for a guilty plea to three of the charges, the remaining twenty-one were dismissed. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, which was suspended, fined $100 plus court costs and put on probation for one year.<\/p>\n
In January 2016, Lucas filed a $500 million lawsuit claiming malicious prosecution and political and racial discrimination.\u00a0Lucas claimed to be the Chief of the Notoweega Nation.\u00a0In August, a federal judge denied a motion from Lucas that he be allowed to proceed Pro Se as an Indian Tribe.\u00a0In his ruling, the judge stated that Lucas couldn\u2019t act on behalf of the Notoweega Nation and that he had 30 days to find counsel or the case would be dismissed.\u00a0Thirty days went by and the case was closed in September.\u00a0However, Lucas was persistent.\u00a0He filed a motion for leave to appeal in forma pauperis.\u00a0In December, the judge issued an order denying the motion and ruled the case remain closed.<\/p>\n
In Fayette County, Thomas Long plead guilty to two counts of illegal gambling.\u00a0Long operated Lucky You in Jeffersonville and Lucky You Two in Wilmington.\u00a0In December 2015, search warrants were executed at both locations as well as Long\u2019s home in Washington Court House.<\/p>\n
As part of the plea deal, Long will forfeit more than $400,000 to the state and will be on community controlled probation for one year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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