Two men sentenced to prison for sports gambling operation
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa Two Cedar Rapids men who pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling ring have been sentenced to prison. Four others have been placed on probation.
Thirty-four-year-old Jerry Burroughs Junior has been sentenced to one-year in prison. Forty-one-year-old Kevin Flanagan was sentenced to eight-months behind bars.
Four other men, 56-year-old Jerry Burroughs Senior, of Cedar Rapids, 38-year-old John Zaspal, of Cedar Rapids, 64-year-old Spencer Lathrop, of Hiawatha, and 56-year-old Paul Hostak of Cedar Rapids, all were placed on probation.
The men were all sentenced last week in U-S District Court in Cedar Rapids.
A seventh man who prosecutors say was the leader of the sports gambling operation has pleaded guilty to illegal gambling and money laundering.
Fifty-one-year-old David Kolsrud, of Cedar Rapids faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced. A date for sentencing hasn't been set.
Prosecutors say the gambling operation received about 43-thousand phone calls between 2001 and 2002.
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