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Melrose Man Ran Illegal Gambling Operation With His Parents: Attorney General Melrose Man Ran Illegal Gambling Operation With His Parents: Attorney General
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…

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Not Boston Store Owner's Lucky Day After State Pulls Lottery Over Bribery Plea Not Boston Store Owner's Lucky Day After State Pulls Lottery Over Bribery Plea
Not Boston Store Owner's Lucky Day After State Pulls Lottery Over Bribery Plea A Dorchester convenience store lost the ability to sell lottery tickets after the owner tried to bribe a state official to collect disallowed lottery winnings, authorities said.  Tuan Tquan, who also goes by Tommy Tran, pleaded guilty to illegal gratuity to a public employee in a Dorchester court this week, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office said. The 59-year-old owns the Smoke Shop and More at 218 Adams Street.  State authorities said Tquan offered a state official $500 if they would pay him $5,600 in lottery winnings that the state had rejected.  Tquan's son …

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