A federal court has indicted former Shelby County Deputy Sheriff, and World Series of Poker Circuit regular, Jeremy Drewery, 41, on a series of extortion rackets dating back to 2013.

There are many things I don’t understand about poker, but at the top of my list is why the game is illegal in so many parts of America? This morning I got a little taste of why that is.

I picked up a news story that a former Shelby County Deputy Sheriff is facing 30-years behind bars over two alleged counts of extortion while working in the County’s Narcotics Division between the periods 2013 -2016.

In August 2016, 41 year old, Jeremy Drewery, from Arlington, Tennessee, allegedly confiscated an unknown quantity of Oxycotin, Xanax, and 1,400 grams of marijuana during an everyday drug bust, but instead of processing the arrest through normal channels he cut a deal with the dealer.