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The 'Crack Palace' raid is America's two-tiered justice system

The Belmont County Jail was not built for men like Bob Gentile. He and his political allies know it, too.

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D.J. Byrnes
Jun 26, 2026
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Left to right: Former U.S. Assistant Energy Secretary Robert H. Gentile, four rocks of crack cocaine, and Belmont County Jail inmate Lewis Dunn

On Wednesday, The Rooster broke the story about former Assistant U.S. Energy Secretary Bob Gentile owning the “Crack Palace” at the center of a three-suspect cocaine raid in Belmont County on June 11.

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