MARBLE FALLS — A computer seized by deputies during a raid at an online gaming room may yield a "who's who" list of suspected drug dealers, Burnet County Sheriff W.T. Smith said Oct. 27.
Also during the investigation, the operator of the Win Win Charity Sweepstakes, 1510 U.S. 281, was arrested for the second time in eight months on another drug-related charge.
The case began to unfold about 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at the game room when the sheriff's Special Operations Unit, a canine officer and city police showed up with a search warrant, Smith said.
"In one of the computers there was basically a who's who list of meth dealers in Burnet County," Smith said. "This arrest and the list validates a lot of the people we've been looking at as well as some we've arrested for being involved in illegal activity."
The operator of the game room, identified by investigators as Tracy Daniel, 56, of Horseshoe Bay, is charged with possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) with intent to distribute.
Daniel was released from the Burnet County Jail Oct. 27 after she posted a $250,000 bond set by Burnet County Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Calvin Boyd.
Smith said investigators found several items they believe are used in the packaging and sale of illicit narcotics.
The search warrant also allowed investigators to seize other items including computers.
Officials described the business as a place where individuals participate in online gaming.
Daniel already was out of jail on a $75,000 bond from a Feb. 15, 2011, arrest for manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, court records show.
Since she bonded out, authorities said they've documented people with arrest records for drugs, burglaries and thefts frequenting the gaming room.
Because the business was located close to a day-care facility, the charge against Daniel is being enhanced to include "possession and distribution in a drug-free zone," the sheriff said.
If she is convicted, it could mean additional prison time, officials said.
The case remains under investigation and officials are looking into whether any gaming laws were broken, Smith said.
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