Suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez is set to appear in court Friday on felony racketeering charges, following his arrest and suspension by Governor Ron DeSantis.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez has been charged with racketeering and suspended from office for involvement in a “massive” illegal gambling operation that generated more than $20 million in proceeds and spanned Central Florida, state and federal officials announced Thursday.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez was arrested on Thursday and booked into the Lake County Jail, charged with racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering, both first-degree felonies. Legal documents indicate that the alleged crimes took place at a building on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee.