Rowan County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested two men on gambling charges Thursday after raiding a business on Webb Road and another location on N.C. 152 near Rockwell.
In the first case, deputies seized $3,394 in cash, including $3,075 “hidden in the ceiling of the business” at 958 Webb Road, according to a press release. Officials did not identify the business.
In addition to the money, investigators “located and seized numerous items of gambling paraphernalia, including tip boards and numbers tickets,” according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators issued a citation to Troy Lee Harwell, 59, of 9201 Oakridge Drive, Kannapolis, on charges of operating a game of chance and possession of numbers tickets.
Harwell is scheduled to appear in District Court in Salisbury on Nov. 19.
Rowan deputies executed a second search warrant at 7430 N.C. 152 E., Rockwell, where they seized “numerous items of gambling paraphernalia, including tip boards and numbers tickets.”
Investigators also seized $2,912 and issued a citation to Hoyle Stephen Wood, 59, of 1119 Circle Drive, China Grove. They charged Wood with operating a game of chance and possession of numbers tickets.
Wood is scheduled to appear on the charges in District Court on Dec. 5.