A Florida sheriff has been charged in a public-corruption related investigation that involved an illegal gambling operation. Attorney General James Uthmeier's Office of Statewide Prosecution charged Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez and others in a massive Central Florida gambling operation on Thursday.

A Florida sheriff was arrested in a massive gambling operation. On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's Office of Statewide Prosecution charged Osceola County Sheriff Marcos R. Lopez with racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The sheriff of Osceola County has been arrested in connection with a gambling operation spanning Central Florida, the state attorney general’s office said.