URGENT MESSAGE FROM JOHN BOVERY: Before you think this is a practical joke, rest assured it is NOT and it is 100% serious and everyone must read this entire message and please respect my privacy at this moment. All football pools for the 2010 NFL season have been canceled; I (maybe all of us) have a HUGE problem. At 8:30 this morning (9/9) I (John Bovery) was arrested at my home charged with promoting gambling thru the running of my office pools which as we all know has been going on for 21 years. My entire home was ransacked to the point you would have thought a bomb hit it. All computers were taken, along with all checks, envelopes, cash and every record I have associated with my pools. I certainly plan to fight these charges, as I firmly believe I have operated as a pool manager within the guidelines of all law and provided you players with some fun and excitement along the way. Just to be clear on the details of the day, I was teaching while my wife was home, she went shopping at 8:00 and when she stopped to get gas, a van pulled alongside her at the pump and identified themselves as law enforcement and as having a search warrant for our home and that she needed to return home immediately, which she did and when she arrived she was met by 8 members of law enforcement to search my massive 1,100 square foot condo. Then my wife was told to call my school and without giving any details, she was to tell me to get home immediately, which of course I did - where I was arrested. After 3 hours of jail time (yes my wife did post bail – quite a shock after 30 years of marriage to me) but then I was driven by police to a psych ward of a local hospital where I spent 3 more hours being interviewed by multiple doctors. So now I am home (with no computer) trying to get the word to all of my loyal players. Many checks have been processed, some have not – all pools of course had to be shut down and all my records have been taken, nonetheless I pledge to fight as hard as possible to get back all my records as well as all the money and return it to its rightful owner – you the player. Where do I go from here? I have no idea, I have never needed the services of a lawyer like this before; so if anyone has any suggestions I am all ears. I do expect that my AOL account might be closed down at some point but if it remains open I will eventually catch up and reply to all emails the best I can. If you insist on speaking to me (which I would prefer you NOT do) the call must be brief, unless you can assist me legally. As most of you are aware, the running of these pools has become nearly my full time occupation (BTW, I had to resign my teaching job today as well) and over the past years it has become the way I support my family, so if anyone can use the services of a very organized person, I will be looking for a job very shortly while I prepare my defense. Since my bank accounts and all assets have been seized, my life is clearly going to be in turmoil for the short term, but as people that know me can attest, I am a fighter and I will go down fighting real hard to retrieve all monies for my players, but please understand this situation will not resolve itself in a week, a month or maybe not even in a year – but I will update people when I can, but do not expect much for a while. Jrwinkle.com might be a good place to check for updates, but again as I am sure you understand I will be advised to say very little (which is always tough for me to do). For those skeptics of the world who think I ran off to Tahiti (they actually took my passport anyway) with the money, rest assured I have not and if you want to stop by and check for yourself I will be home almost all weekend planning my defense strategy. Again, please keep the calls to a minimum and I thank you in advance for you understanding and many years of loyalty, maybe in the future we can all meet to celebrate my successful defense against these charges. Sincerely,John Bovery.

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