Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
Respondent: OCTAVIO ABRAHAM NAVEDO
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Filed: May 02, 2017
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, May 11, 2017.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
FILED
Department of Business arid Professional Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA CLERK Evette Lawson-Proctor
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATI| pate 3/24/2017
File #
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING,
Petitioner, DBPR CASE No. 2016-028426
v.
OCTAVIO ABRAHAM NAVEDO,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
(“Petitioner” or “Drvision”), hereby files this Administrative Complaint against OCTAVIO
ABRAHAM NAVEDO (“Respondent”), and alleges as follows:
1. The Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating pari-mutuel wagering pursuant
to Chapter 550, Florida Statutes and cardroom operations pursuant to Section 849.086, Florida
Statutes.
2. At all times material hereto, Respondent held a pari-mutuel wagering cardroom
employee occupational license, number 6847393-1012 issued by the Petitioner.
3. At all times material hereto, Respondent worked as a poker dealer in the cardroom at
the Melbourne Greyhound Park.
4. Melbourne Greyhound Park is a facility operated by a permitholder authorized to
conduct pari-mutuel wagering and cardroom gambling in this state under Chapters 550 and 849,
Florida Statutes.
Count I
5. Petitioner hereby re-alleges and incorporates the allegations contained within paragraphs
one through four, as though fully set forth herein.
6. On or about May 14, 2016, through May 15, 2016, Respondent stole chips from his well
and concealed the stolen chips in his tip box.
7. Rule 61D-11.005(4)(b), Florida Administrative Code (2015), provides that “[nJo person
shall, either directly or indirectly: [e]ngage in any act [or] practice...that would constitute a fraud or
deceit upon any participant in a game, or the cardroom operator.”
8. Based on the foregoing, Respondent violated Rule 61D-11.005(4)(b), Florida
Administrative Code (2015), by engaging in a practice that would constitute a fraud or deceit upon
any participant in a game, or the cardroom operator.
Count IT
9. Petitioner hereby re-alleges and incorporates the allegations contained within paragraphs
one through four, as though fully set forth herein.
10. On or about June 16, 2016, Respondent was given a lifetime ejection from Melbourne
Greyhound Park.
11. Section 550.0251(6), Florida Statutes (2015), provides in relevant part, “[t]he division
may exclude from any pari-mutuel facility within this state any person who has been ejected from a
pari-mutuel facility in this state...”
12. Based on the foregoing, Respondent is subject to exclusion by the Division because he
was ejected from a pari-mutuel facility in Florida.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Division enter an Order against the
Respondent imposing one or more of the penalties as permissible under Chapters 550 and 849
Florida Statutes, and the rules promulgated thereunder and permanently excluding the Respondent
from all licensed pari-mutuel facilities in the State of Florida.
Signed on this 20 day of March, 2017.
WDH/sm
MATILDE MILLER, Interim Secretary
Department of Business and
Professional Regulation
/s/ Witham Hall
William D. Hall
Chief Attorney
Florida Bar No. 67936
Office of the General Counsel
Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
Department of Business and
Professional Regulation
2601 Blair Stone Road, 5th Floor
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
Please be advised that within twenty-one (21) days of your receipt of this administrative
complaint you have the right to request an administrative hearing. Any such hearing would be
conducted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, and
you would have the right to be represented by counsel or other qualified representative, to call and
examine witnesses, and to have subpoenas issued on your behalf. However, if you do not file (ie.,
we do not receive) your request for hearing within the twenty-one (21) days, you will have waived
your right to any hearing.
Please also be advised that mediation is not available in this matter.
Docket for Case No: 17-002575PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
May 11, 2017 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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May 11, 2017 |
Joint Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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May 08, 2017 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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May 08, 2017 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for June 14, 2017; 9:00 a.m.; Lauderdale Lakes and Tallahassee, FL).
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May 08, 2017 |
Petitioner's Notice of Service of It's First Interlocking Discovery Request filed.
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May 08, 2017 |
Petitioner's First Interlocking Discovery Request filed.
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May 08, 2017 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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May 03, 2017 |
Initial Order.
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May 02, 2017 |
Amended Election of Rights filed. 
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May 02, 2017 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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May 02, 2017 |
Agency referral filed.
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