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Marcos Lopez’s Wife Arrested, Faces Racketeering Charges, Officials Say

Robin Severance-Lopez, who is separated from Marcos Lopez—the sheriff of Osceola County currently under suspension—was taken into custody in Harmony on Monday and is now held at the Lake County jail facing charges related to conspiracy to commit racketeering.
This arrest follows the June 5 detention of Marcos Lopez, who faces racketeering charges tied to a multi-million-dollar illegal gambling operation in Central Florida that began under investigation in 2023.
Court documents identify an illegal gambling house in Kissimmee with slot machines, operated by Lopez and four co-defendants, which generated over $21 million in illicit proceeds since 2020.
Statewide prosecutor Panagiota Papakos stated that Lopez received between $600,000 and $700,000 in cash from the illegal gambling enterprise, and a judge imposed a $1 million bond on him, requiring verification of legitimate funds.
The arrests and ongoing investigation point to a long-running illegal gambling operation spanning Lake and Osceola counties, prompting Governor DeSantis to suspend Marcos Lopez and appoint Christopher A. Blackmon as the new sheriff.

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