Medford Trial Wraps up Second Week

The video poker trial of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford continues next week, but this week saw its fair share of the video poker owners and operators testifying. The prosecution laid out the confessors to the video poker scheme one after another, further solidifying their case against Medford.

On Monday, a salesman for the video poker company Henderson Amusement testified that he had given Medford envelopes filled with cash for video poker bribes. He said that he and Medford never discussed the money in the envelopes, they would talk about other stuff and then he would hand him the money and leave. He went into details about the bribes that he handed over and the favors that the sheriff’s office did for him as well.

On Tuesday, Alvin Ledford, convenience store and video poker operator testified about the bribes they paid Medford as well to keep their video poker business running. Imran Alam also paid Medford for the privilege of keeping video poker machines at his gas stations and convenience stores. Then Hot Dog King owner Demetre Theodossis admitted to paying video poker bribes to Medford as well.

The confessions went on from there, with every day another host of witnesses for the prosecution stepping forward to discuss the bribes that they had given Medford to keep their businesses or their bosses businesses running. The case continues against Medford next week with what we can only assume is more witnesses for the prosecution.