ajagendorf25 via Flickr A clubhouse attendant who has worked for the New York Mets for 27 years was fired on Friday, after admitting to MLB officials that he bet on baseball games.

According to the New York Daily News, Charlie Samuels is under investigation by the NYPD's Organized Crime unit for illegal gambling and providing inside information to bookies.

In addition to betting accusations, when team officials searched his office last month they found equipment, checkbooks and other personal items belonging to Mets players. It believed Samuels took the items from players' lockers to be sold on the memorabilia market.