TRINIDAD, Colo.—A Trinidad city councilwoman and her brother face multiple felony charges after police in July broke up a poker game at a bar they own.
The Chronicle-News reports () Gino’s Sports Bar owners Linda Velasquez and Joe Cordova, who is a City Council candidate, were each charged Thursday with two counts of permitting illegal gambling in a bar. Velasquez also faces misdemeanor counts of obstructing government operations and harassment.
In Colorado, unlicensed gambling is illegal except under a “social gambling” exception for people who are friends.
The siblings’ representative John Tannous has said as far as he knew, the siblings were in compliance with state law.
A phone number for the bar rang unanswered midday Friday.
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Information from: The Chronicle-News,
