LEESBURG, Fla - Carol Cote, one of seven defendants charged in an alleged multi-million dollar gambling operation case involving suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, has agreed to plead guilty in a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Cote entered a guilty plea to racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering charges. The details of the plea deal were not immediately released.

What we know:

Carol Cote, a Marion County resident named as a co-defendant in the racketeering case against suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, has pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges tied to an alleged multimillion-dollar illegal gambling operation based out of the Eclipse Social Club in Kissimmee.

Cote is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 13 before Circuit Jud

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