{Corbin, Kentucky}...Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell says deputies executed a search warrant on the New Friendly Food Mart in the Woodbine community Wednesday and seized nine gambling machines from the backroom of the store. Store owner Mahindrakumar Patel, 48, of Williamsburg, and store manager Nileshbhai Patel, 35, of Woodbine, were both arrested and charged with conspiracy to promote gambling, which is a class D felony. Employees Dipa Patel, 35, and Pina Patel, 32, both of Woodbine, were each cited with second-degree promotion of gambling, which is a misdemeanor. Harrell says the machines aren't illegal if they are used only for entertainment purposes, but using them for gambling is illegal.
