A Tulsa man arrested for using force or fear to steal a TV at Walmart has claimed to officials he did so because he owed money to the street gang the Irish Mob, an arrest affidavit says. John Wayne Usher, 24, was arrested by Cleveland Police Chief Clint Stout on Monday afternoon after he fled…
A leaked Phil Mickelson voicemail provides some insight into his gambling world. The affable lefty is well known to love action on the golf course in the days leading up to a tournament or in his spare time. The message, obtained by Deadspin, is Mickelson setting up a match on a course in San Diego. Its unclear…
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has no decided view on whether gambling debts should be made enforceable in the Irish courts. Ms Fitzgerald said the consequences of changing public policy on the enforcement of gambling debts would have to be closely scrutinised. However, a change is not likely to feature in the…
Phil Mickelson is playing in the Shell Houston Open this week, but his name is also being mentioned during the trial of a longtime friend. During the trial of Las Vegas businessman and renowed sports better William “Billy” Walters, who is facing multiple insider-trading charges, federal prosecutors revealed Thursday that Mickelson once paid a gambling…
Phil Mickelson is used to paying off gambling debts, but Im not sure hes used to them being this exorbitant. Mickelson, who was tied to Vegas businessman William Billy Walters because of a Dean Foods stock tip he hit on before giving back the nearly $1 million he earned off the transaction , apparently also…
Counsel for Donna Magee asked that she be given a week before starting her sentence in order to make arrangements for her 14-year-old child. This was refused by Judge Martin Nolan, who said it was too serious an offence. Magee, with an address in Holyfields, Dungannon, Co Tyrone, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court…
5:23 PM GMT Federal prosecutors broke down a series of stock trades by Phil Mickelson in 2012 and identified an alleged $1.9 million debt related to sports gambling during the high-profile trial of Las Vegas businessman and renowned gambler William “Billy” Walters. According to transcripts of Thursday’s proceedings, the prosecution told the court that an…
Pro golfer Phil Mickelson dropped a good five percent of his salary on gambling debts in 2012, it emerged in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. In Sept. 2012, Mickelson forked over close to $2 million for gambling debts to professional gambler Billy Walters, according to documents presented at Walters insider trading trial on Thursday. That…
Donald Dawson-Durgan(Photo: Provided/Hamilton County jail) A 39-year-old Forest Park man was found guilty late Monday of killing a man he worked for, in an incident prosecutors said stemmed from gambling debts. Prosecutors said Donald Dawson-Durgan was desperate for money in the days before he shot and killed 64-year-old Anant Singh last year. Dawson-Durgan helped Singh…
Professional golfer Phil Mickelson wont be called to testify at gambler Billy Walterss insider-trading trial because hed invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, a defense lawyer told a judge. The disclosure came at a sidebar conference between lawyers and the judge as they discussed whether the golfer would testify. Mickelson has become a titillating…