{"id":475886,"date":"2026-10-25T00:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475886\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T00:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T00:58:07","slug":"hpd-4-charged-after-more-than-118000-seized-at-illegal-gambling-operation-on-katy-freeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/475886\/","title":{"rendered":"HPD: 4 charged after more than $118,000 seized at illegal gambling operation on Katy Freeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities seized more than $118,000 at what police described as an illegal gambling operation. Four suspects were charged Oct. 22.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Houston police say more than $118,000 was seized at an illegal gambling operation on the Katy Freeway, and four suspects were arrested and charged.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation involved HPD\u2019s Vice Division and the Harris County District Attorney\u2019s Office at a location in the 20900 block of the Katy Freeway.<\/p>\n<p>Police said four suspects were arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity on Thursday, Oct. 22. Charges are pending against a fifth suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at newstips@khou.com or call 713-521-4310 and include your name and the best way to reach you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities seized more than $118,000 at what police described as an illegal gambling operation. Four suspects were charged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-475886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}