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Slot machine opponents can now rest assured their
predictions have come true, the slot machines have brought crime—but it sure
did take awhile. Many slots opponents claimed Gulfstream Park would bring
waves of crime because of the slot machines, but since its opening, this is
the first linked incident.
According to Florida Law Enforcement, Sheena Marie Kline, 21, approached an
undercover officer in the bar area of the slots parlor. Her arrest for
misdemeanor solicitation came shortly after she offered the officer
“straight sex” for $250. Then she got a felony charge for possession of a
prescription painkiller when officers searched her purse.
Though this incident should not be considered lightly, many of the
proponents wonder if this is the dreaded “societal ills” the opponents
predicted the slots would bring. In 2005 Broward county approved legislation
that would bring 1,500 slot machines to the county—and many predicted this
decision would mean huge crime increases and problems within the county.
But, according to the Florida Law Department Enforcement, Gulfstrea Park has
operated its 516 slot machines in relative peace and quite. And once the
other facilities open in the coming year, they predict similarly low crime
rates for the slot machines facilities.
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