THE MANL MAN N AT AN EMBATTLED
SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD BE
RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES IN A FEW
HOURS.
Devin: IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM,
THERE'S ONE WINNER, BUT ONE
DEALER IS ACCUSED OF BREAKING
THE RULES AND PAYING OFF HIS
FRIENDS, EVEN WHEN THEY LOST.
BUSINESS EDITOR ROD MELONI
FOLLOWING THIS STORY TONIGHT.
HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING?
Rod: THEY'RE ONLY TELLING US
IT'S A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS A
PLAYER AND A HALF DOZEN PLAYERS.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE THIS
NECESSARILY.
BUT -- AND IT WASN'T THE CARDS,
IT WAS THE CHIPS THAT BECAME THE
PROBLEM.
AND IT'S THE DEALER, THE GUY
THAT THEY'RE AFTER.
THIS IS THE GUY THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE CALLS THE
RINGLEADER, 53-YEAR-OLD DARRELL
GREEN OF DETROIT WHO WORKED AS A
MOTOR CITY CASINO DEALER BACK IN
2014.
HERE HAD HIS FRIENDS, CALVIN
PULLHAM, HAYWARD STAMPLY, EUGENE
DAVIS, AND LEAH SMITH.
A COUNT OF IMPROPERLY GAMBLING
ACTIVITY THAT IS COULD NET THEM
A DECADE BEHIND BARS AND
LARCENY.
MOTOR CITY CASINO SECURITY SAID
THEY FOUND SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS
AND CALL INVESTIGATORS.
HE WAS PAYING OFF ON LOSING
HANDS OR NOT COLLECTING THE
CHIPS, CHEATING THE CASINO AND
OTHER PLAYERS.
LOCAL 4 NEWS HAS LEARNED THEY
WERE ALL ARRESTED AT THE SAME
TIME WHILE THEY PLAYED TOGETHER.
OF COURSE, PART OF THE CASINO
EXPERIENCE IS WATCHING THE GAMES
PLAY OUT.
NIKKI TUCKER SAID THIS IS NOT SO
EASILY HIDDEN.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW
SOMEONE NOT PAYING OFF?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY IS
THE PROPER PROTOCOL, BUT I WOULD
BRING IT TO SOMEONE'S ATTENTION,
BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING ENOUGH
MONEY AS IT IS.
[LAUGHTER]
Rod: SHE MAY BE RIGHT ABOUT
THAT, BUT THE GAMING CONTROL
BOARD, ACTUALLY THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THE STATE
POLICE ARE SAYING, NO, IT'S GOT
TO BE FAIR FOR EVERYBODY.
THERE ARE TWO MORE PEOPLE, A
GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF EARLY
RAINY AND ROXANNA MCKINNEY, A
THEY MAY BE CHARGED AS HABITUAL
OFFENDERS.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEM
IN TO COURT.
THE NEXT HEARING WILL BE
PRELIMINARY, COMING UP ON MARCH
