Federal Indicments Unsealed Against Teddy Mitchell and 8 Others

The federal government is asking for the return of more than
$8 million in proceeds from an illegal gambling operation.  Federal prosecutors accuse Teddy Mitchell,
two of his sons and six others of running a criminal operation that ran
high-stakes poker games out of a home in Northwest
Oklahoma City.  The US
Attorney’s office says the Mitchell home was used to deal 400 hands of illegal
poker a week for several years. 
Prosecutors also so Mitchell worked as a bookie for people placing bets
on sporting events.

The home prosecutors say was the site of the illegal
gambling is the same home where Teddy’s wife, Julie, was found violently
murdered.  Prosecutors say the gambling
case has nothing to do with the murder investigation and that they were
investigating claims of illegal gambling long before Julie’s murder.  However in the indictment unsealed Monday,
Prosecutors say the illegal activity covered a period that ended in November of
2010, the same month Julie died.

The FBI says this was a large criminal organization that
went beyond a few people betting on small-stakes card games.  Investigators say the Mitchells used a company
based in Costa Rica
to process proceeds from the gambling.

Teddy Mitchell and his sons Nick and Dryden, along with the
others charged by federal prosecutors are due in court Monday afternoon.

We’ll have an update on why prosecutors want to keep Teddy
Mitchell in prison for now and what this case means for the murder
investigation tonight on the Fox 25 Primetime News at Nine.  Plus look for updates later on OKCFOX.com.

Posted: Monday, September 24 2012, 09:28 PM CDT