Cape Cod Illegal Gambling Corruption

From Frederica Cade's blog, was this seemingly innocuous release:

PRESS RELEASE: Cape Cod Gambling Group Charged with Illegal Gambling and Obstructing a State Law Enforcement Investigation

The Boston Globe offered:
3 to plead guilty in gambling ring
DA O’Keefe denies link to Cape operation
By Milton J. Valencia

An investigation into illegal gambling on Cape Cod that triggered a wider federal probe of alleged public corruption involving Cape and Islands District Attorney [Republican] Michael D. O’Keefe has resulted in charges against three members of an alleged gambling ring. All three are now cooperating with authorities and have agreed to plead guilty, according to documents unsealed yesterday

The Globe, citing people with direct knowledge of the investigation, reported in April 2010 that the State Police probe of Hart had sparked a federal investigation of O’Keefe. The investigation was launched after a relative of Hart’s made a comment on a wiretap that suggested the district attorney may have protected illegal gamblers in the past.

Delving further, the plot thickens with additional information, worth consideration:

From CapeCodToday:
DA O'Keefe denies he's a crook


The DA's New Clothes, or, McCowen Unbound
Everything you always wanted to know about the Christa Worthington murder,
But couldn't get District Attorney Michael O'Keefe to tell us
By Walter Brooks


The comments are interesting as well. This bears watching as it unfolds.