A Cockeysville man was charged Wednesday with 110 counts of possessing or distributing slot machines after Baltimore County police?s major bust of video gaming machines.
Carroll Bond III, 44, president of Carbond Inc., who has donated about $40,000 to a wide variety of politicians from both parties, faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine for each count when he stands trial Oct. 29.
Police seized about 150 of Bond?s machines from 41 locations in Baltimore County on May 8, prompting some lawmakers to say they?re returning his campaign contributions.
Bond has been charged 15 times with gambling crimes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County ? but never convicted.
Bond has filed a lawsuit against Baltimore County and its police department, seeking a judge?s order to return the machines, which he believes are legal.
“I have been singled out … therefore ending my business in the future,” Bond wrote in an affidavit in that suit.
Baltimore County Deputy State?s Attorney Leo Ryan said prosecutors believe Bond?s machines “fit the definition of illegal slot machines contained in the statute.”
lbroadwater @baltimoreexaminer.com
