Protected by the sheriff Marcos Lopezs double life as Osceola cop, gambling boss
News Source : Orlando Sentinel
News Summary
- Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez led a double life for at least five years.
- He worked for an “extensive gambling enterprise’ that operated casinos in Lake, Marion, Sumter and Osceola counties.
- Lopez, 56, has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.
- He was suspended from office the day of his arrest in June and is now free on a $1 million bond.
- He had cultivated an image as a “tough on crime” lawman, highlighted by bombastic videos documenting his crime-fighting exploits.
In the early morning of Oct. 9, 2021, thenOsceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez saw a way to turn a murder scene into a business opportunity.A young woman had been gunned down outside a hookah loung [+12732 chars]
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