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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Mayor’s Son Pleads Guilty

posted by on August 29 at 14:38 PM

Mayor Greg Nickels’s son, Jacob Dylan Nickels, has admitted his involvement in a casino-cheating ring accused of bribing dealers in seven states and cheating casinos out of millions of dollars, the AP reports. He will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy and four counts of stealing funds from a Native-American gaming establishment.

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His punishment should be to pave the Burke Gilman Trail under the Fremont Bridge, which Greg Nickels promised to do a month ago.

Posted by DOUG. | August 29, 2007 2:46 PM
2

HA!

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 29, 2007 2:48 PM
3

My guess is he's going to go state's evidence on the gangsters who ran the show. Nickels was the tiniest potato in the bunch.

Posted by Fnarf | August 29, 2007 3:21 PM
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So, speaking of the Burke-Gilman Trail under the Fremont Bridge, isn't it supposed to reopen this weekend?

And, if not, why not?

Or do we need to show you what public action looks like?

Posted by Will in Seattle | August 29, 2007 3:25 PM
5

Poor bastard.

As though being on the cover of the Seattle Weekly last week wasn't bad enough!

Posted by Lake | August 29, 2007 3:27 PM
6

so not news - if he were not related to the mayor

god, how the media makes no sense most of these days, what fucked priorities, including you Erica

who gives a shit, he will pay dearly for his lapse into the criminal world

there must be thousands of attempts a day to scam casinos - taking back some of they money they scam - oh, sure, all games are honest, hah, hah, ho, ho

Posted by ida mae | August 29, 2007 3:46 PM
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At least he wasn't speeding in a hybrid with a bong and a pile of pills.

Posted by Mahtli69 | August 29, 2007 4:16 PM
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@7

He may not have been speeding around with it this time, but I've smoked weed with him in the past... as have many others.

Posted by A. Nonymous | August 29, 2007 6:43 PM
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@8 - Morally reprehensible kiss and tell? For shame!!!

Posted by Mahtli69 | August 29, 2007 7:05 PM
10

That Weekly story was seriously well written. Don't always like what they do, but that was fine reporting.

Posted by Joselito | August 29, 2007 7:11 PM
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If Jake turns evidence on the mob, then I wonder if he will have to go into the Witness Protection Program. They could set him up to manage a pet store in Pittsburg, or maybe as a barista in Boise. That would make for a cool episode of Law & Order.

Posted by Law&OrderWatcher | August 29, 2007 10:06 PM

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