
Rande Thorpe.
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — The former schools superintendent in LaPorte, Indiana is facing charges, along with his wife, of rigging video gambling machines at Harrah’s casino in Joliet, reports WBBM’s Mike Krauser.
According to prosecutors, Randy Thorpe and his wife Virginia manipulated video keno machines at Harrah’s so they paid five times the actual winnings.
Three alleged accomplices, Svetoslav Dorobanov, Randy Binnings and Paul Jovenich, are also being sought.
The Thorpes, now living in Corpus Christ, Texas, are charged with burglary, computer tampering and cheating t a gambling game.