Ex-West Texas deputy gets 15 months for game rooms extortion
MIDLAND, Texas — A former sheriff’s deputy in West Texas must serve 15 months in prison for extorting money from illegal gambling operations and tipping the businesses off to investigations. Prosecutors say former Ector County Sheriff’s Deputy David Oscar Limon was sentenced Thursday in Midland. He was also fined $13,200. Texas law bans casino-style gambling.