Estranged wife of suspended Osceola Sheriff Lopez bonds out in gambling ring arrest

OSCEOLA COUNTY Florida WESH The estranged wife of suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez has bonded out of the Lake County jail following her arrest linked to an alleged illegal gambling operation Her defense attorney tells WESH that a judge signed an order to allow her to post bond after denying the request last week Robin Severance Lopez was arrested on June on charges of conspiring to use financing proceeds from racketeering according to jail records That is a second-degree felony in the state of Florida She was reportedly uncovered with receipts in her pocket showing the movement of large amounts of money following her husband s arrest Both receipts totaled Her husband Marcos Lopez was arrested for engaging in a gambling operation for campaign contributions and personal payments According to the state attorney general s office the organization generated over million in illicit proceeds Lopez was also admitted to the Lake County Jail on June with his bond set at million He was disclosed after spending several weeks in jail On the other hand Mrs Lopez was granted a lower bond of The judge stated that the funds used for the bond could not be linked to the alleged gambling operation Ahead of Lopez s release Monday WESH urged her defense attorney Michelle Yard where Lopez was able to secure the last needed for her release She noted the state still wouldn t agree to letting Lopez use money from the sale of a property The family member that had given her the twenty six six came forward and gave her the additional twenty Yard commented Yard stated they provided bank records to the state over the weekend By Monday the state approved the source of the remaining funds and a judge signed off on this order for Lopez s release Filed at p m Monday From there Lopez had to be fitted with an ankle monitor before leaving the jail Lopez s attorney waited for her client outside It s been a constant battle through two weeks to try and get to this moment Yard stated So I m really feeling very satisfied that she s decisively going to be home with her child again Within three hours of the judge s order being filed Lopez was let out She s very very happy to ultimately be going home Yard revealed Now we get to start building our defense to these charges Lopez will have to turn over her passport and will not be permitted to have any contact with her husband Marcos Lopez