Exclusive video shows slot machines removed from Leesburg business

BREAKING NEWS. AND THAT BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. OFFICIALS ARE EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANTS AT CASINOS ACROSS LAKE COUNTY. NEW EXCLUSIVE VIDEO SHOWS ONE OF THE RAIDS HAPPENING IN LEESBURG ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONFIRMS THEY AND STATE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN AT MORE THAN ONE CASINO TONIGHT. I’M JESSE PAGAN AND I’M MICHELLE IMPERATO, SO ONE OF THE CASINOS TARGETED WAS ALONG US 27 IN LEESBURG. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND WESH TWO. HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME LIVE FOR US RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. HAYLEY. SO THERE’S NO SIGN ON THE DOOR HERE. BUT THIS ADDRESS, THIS IS FOR HOT SEATS. AND WHEN WE GOT HERE, WE DID SEE AT LEAST ONE SHERIFF’S CRUISER OUT HERE AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMING AND GOING FROM INSIDE OF HERE. NOW, THEY APPEAR TO HAVE LEFT THE DOOR PROPPED OPEN. AND WHEN WE POKED OUR HEAD IN TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS STILL IN THERE, WE DIDN’T SEE ANYBODY. AND WE ALSO DIDN’T SEE ANY GAMES VISIBLE. WHAT WE COULD SEE WAS SOME COMPUTER MONITORS. NOW, WE DID SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS PASSING BY EARLIER TONIGHT AND SAW SOME OF THE COMMOTION GOING ON. THEY SAID THEY THINK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS OUT HERE FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS. THE MAN WE SPOKE TO SAID WHEN HE WAS PASSING BY, HE WATCHED AS PEOPLE REMOVED SOME ITEMS FROM INSIDE. HERE. THEY TOOK ALL THE GAMES AND ALL THE COMPUTERS OUT OF THE PLACE, AND THEN THE SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES TOOK ALL THE MONEY. YOU SAW THEM COMING OUT WITH CASH? YEAH, HE JUST STUCK IT IN THE CAR. LEESBURG FLORIDA PLANTATION STRIP MALL. NOW, IN THE VIDEO HE SHARED WITH US, YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST ONE LARGE ITEM BEING LOADED INTO THAT TRUCK THAT HE SAYS WAS OUT HERE, ALONG WITH SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. NOW, WHILE WE WERE OUT HERE, I DID SEE A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THEIR FACE COVERED, CARRYING WHAT LOOKED LIKE MULTIPLE BAGS OF EVIDENCE. NOW GAMING HOUSES, GAMBLING HALLS, WHAT HAVE YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG TOPIC HERE IN LAKE COUNTY AND IN OSCEOLA COUNTY WITH THE ARREST OF SUSPENDED SHERIFF MARCOS LOPEZ. WE DO KNOW THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT HOT SEATS, IS LISTED IN A DISCOVERY DOCUMENT RELATED TO THE SUSPENDED SHERIFF’S ILLEGAL GAMBLING CASE. THE DOCUMENT SAYS HOT SEATS IS MENTIONED IN LETTERS FROM FLORIDA GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION, BUT DOESN’T SPECIFY EXACTLY WHY OR HOW IT IS CONNECTED TO THE CASE. NOW, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT THIS POINT IS ONLY SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORKING WITH STATE OFFICIALS ON OBTAINING AND EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANTS AT CASINOS. THEY DIDN’T SAY HOW MANY WHERE THEY’RE LOCATED. WE’RE HOPING TO KEEP WORKING ON THAT AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN. COVERING LAKE COUNTY LIVE IN LEESBURG HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT, HAYLEY, WE KNOW YOU’LL STAY ON TOP OF IT. THANK YOU. WESH TWO HAS BEEN ON THE STORY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. FO