California Cache Creek Casino Ride Offer Turns Into Kidnapping, Deputies Reveal
An armed man who turned come out to follow a convicted whitlow was arrested on Monday for allegedly snatch a adult female from near California’s Cache Creek Casino Resort, according to the local sheriff’s office.
The unnamed woman took a mount tender from him, and was preparation to turn to a convenience store. Instead, he allegedly drove chisel her away from the tribal gaming property.
The suspect, later identified as Timothy Beitel, 39, of Woodland, Calif. was to drive her in his pickup truck motortruck to Cache Creek Casino Mini Mart. But she speedily noticed he was driving forth from the Brooks, Calif. casino.
Many times during the ordeal, the woman requested to way out the truck, deputies said. He allegedly failed to net ball her leave. He eventually parked the motortruck on a rural dead-end road. That is when she allegedly noticed he had a firearm.
Ranchers Help Her Escape
She saw ranchers nearby, and she was able to leak without injury.
She was capable to moving ridge downwardly the ranchers and they took her backwards to the gambling casino to receive help,” according to a Yolo County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post. “Thank you to the ranchers in the expanse of County Road 78A who aided this victim with getting to safety before she suffered further.”
The local sheriff’s office staff was notified of the criminal offense ostensibly past casino surety officers at about 2 pm. Later, deputies were able to happen the suspect.
They also placed a 9mm pistol in the truck. The small-arm had been reported stolen, deputies said.
Beitel was arrested on charges of kidnapping, beingness a convicted felon in ownership of a firearm, and possession of a stolen firearm. If found shamefaced on the charges, he could face a decade or more inward prison.
As of Monday, he was beingness held in the Yolo County Detention Center. His slip potential will be heard in a local court.
Upon further investigation, deputies said they suspect Beitel was mired inward a tip-and-run fortuity on Mon inward Esparto. That incident is beingness investigated past the Calif. Highway Patrol.
The cassino is owned and operated by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. The property is set inward Capay Valley, some 30 miles NW of Sacramento.
Casino Hacked Last September
The Cache Creek Casino Resort was hacked almost a year ago inward a cyberattack. It was unopen land finally Sept. 20 by an outside data processor attack. It remained closed in(p) until it was capable to “fortify our infrastructure,” the gambling casino said inward a statement.
The capital of California Bee newspaper reported that federal authorities assisted the gambling casino in determining who was slow the cyberattack, and what entropy was potentially stolen.