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Friday, June 27, 1975AcquittedBookieSuesciB’AinrreIOKLAHOMA CITY (AP (-Local bookmaker Tracy “Pody”Poe, acquitted last week of fed-e r a 1 conspiracy-extortion A, charges, sued two prosecution witnesses and three FBI agents Bi for $1.2 million Thursday. wi Poe named as defendants, G. pa Preston Clancey and Charles Pi Dale Wilson, both of whom tes- sc tified they received threats M from two muscle men because in of gambling debts they owed on Poe.Poe, acquitted along with his ' telephone man, Constantine , Deno Brice, also sued FBI ^ agents Errol Myers, John D. at) Dewitt II and Macon C. Overton Jr. spThe suit claims the agents pn furnished Clancey and Wilson tri with recording equipment to let tape record conservations with Poe. imPoe, in the suit, claims such yoi action was an invasion of his ' privacy and a violation of Okla- ch' homa law. sotHowever, state law permits A the taping of a telephone conversation with the permissiononsoasnolof only one participant.Poe was reported in Missouri Thursday evening and could not be reached for comment. • jPoe’s attorney, Jack Love, /said the suit was filed because Mathe three agents urged the al- ablt;leged victims to call Poe and marecord the conversations in an Seffort to entrap Poe. priLove said this was the first Kxlawsuit of its kind and “in- N*irnlirac an imnnrfonf iccito ”lltt
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Miami News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Jun 27, 1975
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