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"The man charged in an illegal gambling operation that police said generated millions of dollars in profits got special permission to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his two sons, who are also co-defendants in the federal case, court documents confirmed.Click here: Who got arrested? slideshowOn Nov. 21, a U.S. district judge signed off on a motion that allowed Teddy Mitchell to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his two sons, Dryden Ryley Mitchell and Billy Nick Mitchell, under the condition that no one discussed the case, documents confirmed.In September, an 81-count indictment charged Mitchell, his two sons and five other defendants, including a Costa Rican business, in an illegal gambling operation that made $8.1 million.Last week, an FBI affidavit was unsealed in federal court. FBI special agent Francis J. Bowles, Jr., accused Teddy Mitchell of operating an illegal gambling business in Oklahoma City from 1990 to November 2010, the same month that Teddy\u2019s wife, Julie Mitchell, was found beaten to death inside the couple\u2019s Oklahoma City home. No one has been arrested in her slaying.According to the FBI, Julie Mitchell was a dealer for various tables during the games.The affidavit reveals that high-stakes poker games were held every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. and every Thursday from 1 p.m. to late evening or early the next morning.The games, which were run inside the pool house in Mitchell\u2019s back yard, were high-stakes games, investigators said. The FBI alleges that some people were playing as much as $25,000 a hand during the games.Teddy Mitchell pleaded not guilty. His attorney, Scott Mitchell, told Eyewitness News 5 that his client is \u201Ca professional gambler, who paid taxes like everyone else.\u201DWhen asked if the gambling had anything to do with Julie Mitchell\u2019s death, Adams declined to answer.\u201CI\u2019m not going to comment on the murder investigation,\u201D he said. \u201CI don\u2019t want to compromise it.\u201DCrime footer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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