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07/10/11 MONTGOMERY | A key government witness in Alabama's gambling corruption trial, Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley, signed a plea deal providing for a prison sentence of 20 to 27 years.
07/09/11 PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. A key government witness in Alabama's gambling corruption trial, Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley, signed a plea deal providing for a prison sentence of 20 to 27 years. But he admitted telling people he expects to be out in less than five because he helped prosecutors. A veteran defense attorney, Lewis Gillis, said prosecutors can ...
07/08/11 MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Country Crossing lobbyist Jarrod Massey testifies of offering bribes to four current and former senators who are on trial: Quinton Ross, Harri Anne Smith, Larry Means and Jim Preuitt. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A casino lobbyist who admitted offering bribes to legislators is returning to the witness stand to describe details of his crimes. Country Crossing lobbyist Jarrod ...
07/07/11 Country Crossing lobbyist Jarrod Massey has taken the witness stand in Alabama's gambling corruption trial and started testifying about offering bribes to state senators to support pro-gambling legislation.
07/07/11 A casino owner who admitted offering bribes is scheduled to return to the witness stand in Alabama's gambling corruption trial. Country Crossing casino owner Ronnie Gilley is due to start his sixth day of testimony Thursday in Montgomery.
07/01/11 BOB JOHNSON Associated Press DOTHAN, Ala. The former Country Crossing bingo center near Dothan reopened Friday evening under new management with a big crowd on hand. The long-closed gaming development is now Center Stage Alabama. It has hundreds of electronic bingo machines resembling ordinary household computer monitors. Each monitor has the image of a bingo card on the screen. Numbers are fed ...
06/27/11 Alabama's gambling corruption trial is beginning its fourth week with Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley returning to the witness stand. Gilley is one of three people who have pleaded guilty in the case.
06/25/11 A casino developer who pleaded guilty in a vote-buying scheme is describing the underside of Montgomery politics to federal jurors in Alabama's gambling trial. Country Crossing's Ronnie Gilley testified
06/24/11 Country Crossing's Ronnie Gilley testified Friday about giving campaign money to legislators to sway their positions on issues. He says indicted state Sen. Harri Ann Smith of Slocomb told him "I'm yours" after he gave her as much as $40,000 in donations.
06/24/11 9:37 a.m. -- Ronnie Gilley began his testimony Friday morning at the bingo corruption trial alleging he and Sen. Harri Anne Smith sought to conceal the source of campaign contributions shortly after Smith withdrew an electronic bingo bill that would have damaged Country Crossing if passed in a referendum.
06/14/11 MONTGOMERY, Alabama - A lobbyist for Country Crossing tells Beason that they and VictoryLand casino owner Milton McGregor need his vote to pass pro-gambling legislation. "What I'm saying is there's a million out there and you can use it however." A secret recording played in Alabama's gambling corruption trial has a casino lobbyist offering a state senator $1 million a year to support pro ...
06/14/11 MONTGOMERY - A secret recording played in Alabama's gambling corruption trial has a casino lobbyist offering a state senator $1 million a year to support pro-gambling legislation. Prosecutors played the tape Tuesday when Republican state Sen. Scott Beason returned to the witness stand in Montgomery. Beason said he wore a recording device for the FBI when he met Country Crossing lobbyist Jarrod ...
05/17/11 Loading... As another sign it's quickly moving forward with plans to reopen, the facility formerly known as Country Crossing says they are hiring. Read More»
05/17/11 What was once planned as a destination point for electronic bingo has morphed into other ideas for the closed Country Crossing facility in Dothan.
04/26/11 Ronnie Gilley was teary-eyed Dec. 2, 2009, as supporters gathered for the opening of Country Crossing.
04/22/11 Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley became the third person to plead guilty in Alabama's gambling corruption probe and admitted Friday that he worked with another indicted casino owner to offer millions to legislators to pass pro-gambling legislation.
04/22/11 Ronnie Gilley, the developer of the shuttered Country Crossing complex near Dothan, said he didn't intend to go down the wrong path. "The closer I got to the flames, it seems I became engulfed by the fire instead of putting it out."
04/22/11 Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley learned Friday afternoon when he'll hear his fate for pleading guilty in a federal corruption probe. The sentencing date is scheduled for November 15 of 2011.
04/22/11 Dothan's Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley has pleaded guilty to half of the charges against him in Alabama's gambling corruption case.
04/22/11 The developer of Country Crossing said Friday he became engulfed in the flames of government corruption and became a participant in what he hated most.
04/22/11 PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley became the third person to plead guilty in Alabama's gambling corruption probe and admitted Friday that he worked with another indicted casino owner to offer millions to legislators to pass pro-gambling legislation. When Gilley walked into federal court shortly before 7 a.m. Friday, the stylish suits ... | 
