LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A Lake County judge granted a bond Friday for suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.
Lopez’s bond was set at $1 million, $500,000 per charge he’s facing.
He is facing charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.
Investigators say he was involved in a massive illegal gambling operation that took in over $20 million.
Sheriff Lopez walked into a federal building Thursday morning, and moments later, he was stripped of his gun and his badge and placed in handcuffs.
The allegations, for a man who took an oath to protect and serve, has shaken Central Florida’s law enforcement community.
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