Gwinnett police arrest 18 people for illegal gambling, search for 3 others

DULUTH, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Eighteen people have been arrested for illegal gambling after police searched a business in unincorporated Duluth, according to Gwinnett County police.

On Sept. 11, officers from multiple units — including vice, narcotics, and gang alongside a SWAT team — searched through Royal Flush Bar and Grill off Pleasant Hill Road. Five employees were taken into custody for commercial gambling, and 13 customers were arrested for gambling, according to police.

Officers also seized more than $50,000 in cash, along with “gambling-related paraphernalia,” police said.

Arrest warrants have been issued for the business’ three owners: 56-year-old Michael Kim from Duluth, 52-year-old Ingram Boykins from Lawrenceville, and 56-year-old Robert Utes from Jefferson.

Those arrested are:

Jennia Washington Hicks, 42, from Atlanta – Commercial Gambling
Almena Denise Mccall, 47, from Forest Park – Commercial Gambling
Joseph Flauta, 58, from Lawrenceville – Commercial Gambling
Victoria Sue Um, 38, from Buford – Commercial Gambling
Lamech Thomas, 21, from Jonesboro – Commercial Gambling
James Walter Leverette, 45, from Atlanta – Gambling
Barrington Ricardo Anderson, 41, from Columbia, South Carolina – Gambling
Robert Alexander Hill, 44, from Lagrange – Gambling
John Psomiadis, 66, from Atlanta – Gambling
Duc Thanh Le, 25, from Norcross – Gambling
Ayotunde Olufemi Dennis, 38, from Atlanta – Gambling
Ramsey Poyner Jones, 54, from Chamblee – Gambling
Vincent Mitchell Viani, 39, from Yantic, Connecticut – Gambling
Yongrui Liu, 36, from West Covina, California – Gambling
Hyungi Lee, 34, from Duluth – Gambling
Anthony Eli Brown, 55, from Dacula – Gambling
Ho Son, 49, from Acworth – Gambling
Gao Jie Guangie, 52, from Duluth – Gambling

Police ask anyone with information to contact detectives at (770) 513-5300. You can also anonymously contact Crime Stoppers by calling (404) 577-TIPS (8477) or submitting a tip online. Tipsters may receive a cash award for information leading to an arrest and indictment.