Authorities investigate local Internet cafes

AUSTINTOWN — No charges have been filed in an investigation that follows warrants used to search Internet cafes still giving cash payouts in violation of state law.

Detective Jeff Solic of the Mahoning Valley Drug Task Force said today that officers used search warrants Thursday at the Internet Palace, 5523 Mahoning Avenue, Gold Strike Cafe, 5335 Seventy-Six Drive, next door neighbor Club 76 on Seventy-Six Drive, and a residence of one of the cafe owners in North Jackson.

This was a six-month investigation, and Solic said the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the FBI assisted the task force in the raids.

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