More prison time for Kinkade
NWI Times
Feb 16, 1991
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HAMMOND - A federal judge sentenced video poker operator Reginald Kinkade to one year in prison Friday for one count of making a false income tax return.
The prison term is to be served concurrently with a 20-year sentence handed down in an earlier trial for racketeering, conspiracy and conducting an illegal gambling business.
U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody accepted the terms of Kinkade's plea agreement, allowing Kinkade to plead guilty to one of the tax charges in return for dropping two other counts of tax evasion.
Kinkade, 48, of Munster, has not begun serving his prison term, unlike his co-defendant, former Lake County Police Chief Michael Mokol Sr., who began serving his 20 years in prison immediately after his sentencing. Kinkade's appeal in the video poker machine protection conspiracy trial was denied.
Moody set Kinkade's sentencing for April 2, fueling speculation Kinkade will cooperate with the government in investigating other related allegations that surfaced during his trial.
Kinkade claimed on tapes played during the trial that the Hammond city administration and police department helped him protect his illegal video poker operation.
Kinkade, the owner of Variety Amusements in East Chicago, already has been identified as one of the Northwest Indiana businessmen who was allegedly shaken down by Dominick Palermo, reported South Side boss of the "Chicago Outfit" crime family.
Palermo and 14 others were named recently in a 30-count indictment alleging they shook down area businessmen for protection money and ran an illegal gambling business.
