Mike KillianFBI raiders seized suspected gambling machines Tuesday from a South Pittsburg store owned by the town’s former mayor, who also is the brother of East Tennessee’s U.S. attorney.
James Michael “Mike” Killian is listed in property records as owner of the Lotto Mart at 519 E. 12th St. where FBI agents spent hours Tuesday and left with a truck loaded with equipment, witnesses said.
Killian could not be reached for comment. A manager at Lotto Mart declined to comment and messages left at his other business, Killian’s Fireworks, were not immediately returned.
His brother is Bill Killian, who has served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee since 2010. A message left at his office today was not immediately returned.
The Lotto Mart was one of three businesses that FBI raiders hit Tuesday. The others were the Little Store, 3644 Valley View Highway in Sequatchie, Tenn., and Richard City Market, 308 19th St., in Richard City, Tenn., according to FBI spokesman Marshall Stone said today.