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Lonnie Hillson
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Melrose Man Ran Illegal Gambling Operation With His Parents: Attorney General
A 59-year-old Melrose man pleaded guilty last week to helping run an illegal sportsbook and trying to extort a state trooper who was investigating him, the state's attorney general said. Lonnie HIllson will spend a year in prison following his guilty plea on promoting gambling, registration of bets, use of a phone for gambling, conspiracy to register bets, and attempted extortion charges, Maura Healey's office announced. Authorities charged 10 others in the scheme, including his mother and father. An undercover Massachusetts State Police trooper infiltrated the HIllsons' operati…