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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.(WTXL) — Three people were arrested after police say community tips led them to discover an illegal gambling operation at a Tallahassee internet café.

Tallahassee police arrested four people on gambling charges and seized cash and equipment in an internet cafe raid. Officers on Tuesday served a search warrant at the Fun Arcade, 1164 Capital. Santa Ana police detained 21 people on Tuesday morning after raiding a cyber cafe that was allegedly being used as an illegal gambling facility, authorities said. Investigators made entry into the.

Members of the Tallahassee Police Department’s Special Investigations Section served a search warrant on an Internet café located at 1164 Capital Circle Southeast on Tuesday.

1. But the Michigan Attorney General’s office, which brought the charges, argued the games turned the cafes into illegal casinos. Convicted Internet cafes owner insists there was no gambling.
2. Ocala police say they made a major bust Thursday at an internet cafe. Police say they found out that illegal gambling was taking place at the Red Dragon Internet Cafe. Agents found over $5,000 of gaming machines and computers among other pieces of evidence. Police arrested Walter Goolsby and Patricia Brown. Brown is the manager of the red dragon.

TPD says this is the latest in ongoing efforts to combat these illegal gambling operations in Tallahassee.

Investigators opened the inquiry acting on tips from the community that felt these cafés were damaging the quality of life in their neighborhood. There's a restaurant and a daycare on either side of the internet cafe.

While executing the search warrant at the business, named the “Fun Arcade,” investigators arrested the on-duty employee and two patrons and seized $3,300 and five computers.

Based on the evidence, 22-year-old Alaysja Burnley, 73-year-old Catherine Norton and 57-year-old Verdell Hall were arrested.

Norton and Hall are being charged with gambling and were given notices to appear in court after being released from the scene.

Burnley is facing several charges including of maintaining a gambling house, grand theft and fraudulent use of credit card. In addition, police say the employee was on probation and had five outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court.

The crackdown is a part of the department's mission to improve the quality of life in the area.

'Not a good idea to have anything illegal,' said Undraua Thompson with Early Years Childcare Development.

She admits she was suspicious about the plaza next door, including Fun Arcade.

'People walking up and down the street, smoking a lot,' Thompson said. 'That's not good for the kids.'

People at the daycare couldn't be happier to see the place shut down.

'We made sure it didn't make the kids uncomfortable because we kept them out of view as much as possible but, in the playground in the back, they can see over the fence and walk by there,' said Thompson. 'Hearing the conversations that people were having. That wasn't good.'

TPD wants landlords and property managers to know that it is illegal to knowingly rent or lease property for the purposes of gambling.

TPD made arrests for gambling at internet cafes in March, leading to three places shutting down including one less than a quarter-mile from Fun Arcade.

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Tallahassee police arrested four people on gambling charges and seized cash and equipment in an internet cafe raid.

Officers on Tuesday served a search warrant at the Fun Arcade, 1164 Capital Circle Southeast. They arrested the on-duty employee and two patrons.

'This is the latest in ongoing efforts to combat these illegal gambling operations in Tallahassee,' TPD said in a news release. 'Investigators opened the inquiry acting on tips from the community that felt these cafes were damaging the quality of life in their neighborhood.'

In the last year, raids have led to more than a dozen arrests at multiple gambling operations

Those arrested were Alaysja Burnley, 22, on charges of maintaining a gambling house, criminal use of personal information and fraudulent use of a credit card; and Catherine Norton, 73, and Verdell Hall, 57, on gambling charges.

Burnley, the cafe employee, had five outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court on petty theft charges. She also was charged with violating her probation.

Norton and Hall were given notices to appear in court rather than taken to jail.

'Landlords and property managers should be aware that it is illegal to knowingly rent or lease property for the purposes of gambling,' the department said. 'TPD is committed to responding to complaints about quality of life issues impacting our residents.'

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Contact Jeff Burlew at jburlew@tallahassee.com or follow @JeffBurlew on Twitter.

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