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Rinku

Breaking a lock on a storeroom at Rinku.

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El Cheapo

Chief Deputy Richard Bush gets a look at the machines confiscated at El Cheapo.

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Rinku

Seven locations around the county were raided, including Rinku in Guyton.

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El Cheapo

Effingham County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Richard Bush gets a look at the video gaming machines at El Cheapo.

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Eleven people are under arrest, and more apprehensions are pending, after a sweep of video poker operations Thursday morning in Effingham County.

 

The Effingham County Sheriff's Office, along with the Guyton, Rincon and Springfield police departments and agents from the state Department of Revenue, hit seven stores that were suspected of paying out more than what was allowed under law.

See www.effinghamherald.net for more details.

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Sheriff's report
Deputies respond Tuesday to a home in Eden, where a father and son were arrested after a standoff following a domestic dispute. (Submitted photo)
Two men were arrested Tuesday in Eden after a domestic dispute led to a standoff. Deputies say George Driggers, 47, threatened his girlfriend and law enforcement with a gun, then barricaded himself inside a home. His father, Alford Driggers, 80, was also charged for allegedly threatening deputies.
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