About the Author: Michael Moore Jr. | Bradenton Herald
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office accused of double standard after September scuffle
As crowds looked on from a line waiting outside the Good Night John Boy nightclub in downtown St. Petersburg, bouncers of the bar had a man with a bloody face pinned to the concrete. [...]
Inside the Manatee casino case that named 1-800-ASK-GARY founder and went nowhere
When Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies raided the Spin Fun Arcade two years ago this month, they believed they were shutting down one of the county’s more blatant illegal gambling dens. Perched along U.S. 41 [...]
Bright lights, no rules: Florida’s illegal gambling dens are hiding in plain sight
They light up U.S. 41 north of the airport with neon promises — flashing 7-7-7 and mounds of gold — on storefronts wrapped in dark tint. Up and down 14th Street in Bradenton, along [...]
