page_title: Pete Halat
hierarchical_section_title: Pete Halat
caption_attribution_description: English: Casinos in Biloxi
context_page_description: Peter J. "Pete" Halat, Jr. is an American politician and the twelfth mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi. In 1997, Halat was convicted for his involvement in a criminal conspiracy which led to the murders of Vincent Sherry, Halat's former law partner and a Mississippi judge, and Sherry's wife Margaret, a Biloxi city councilwoman, ten years previously. He was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in prison, of which he served 15. Pete Halat was elected mayor in 1989 and lost a re-election bid in 1993.
  The FBI investigation eventually ended the city's long tolerance for wide open, illegal gambling and striptease clubs with allegedly exorbitantly priced drinks.
  Biloxi is now home to legal casino resort hotels, with 24-hour gambling, concert entertainment shows and restaurants.
context_section_description: Peter J. "Pete" Halat, Jr. (Born July 27, 1942) is an American politician and the twelfth mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi. In 1997, Halat was convicted for his involvement in a criminal conspiracy which led to the murders of Vincent Sherry, Halat's former law partner and a Mississippi judge, and Sherry's wife Margaret, a Biloxi city councilwoman, ten years previously. He was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in prison, of which he served 15. Pete Halat was elected mayor in 1989 and lost a re-election bid in 1993.
  The FBI investigation (led by agent Keith Bell, now retired) eventually ended the city's long tolerance for wide open, illegal gambling and striptease clubs with allegedly exorbitantly priced drinks.
  Biloxi is now home to legal casino resort hotels, with 24-hour gambling, concert entertainment shows and restaurants.
caption: Some Biloxi casinos.
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