Two bandits forced an Hawkeye State casino winner cancelled the road early Tues morning time inwards Des Moines and stole o'er $10,000 from her, police said. Police arrested I alleged robber and keep to hunting for another.
One of the suspects allegedly broke her driver’s side of meat window, opened the driver’s door, and then yanked her wrinkle out of the car. In the pocket edition was the money she had just now won spell playing at Prairie Meadows Casino inward Altoona.
Timothy Spencer, 30, of DE Township, Iowa, was arrested on Wednesday. He had a handgun during the holdup, police claim. He was the ane who shattered the window and stole the purse, constabulary said.
Spencer was booked in the James Knox Polk County Jail. He is supercharged with first-degree robbery, first-degree theft, going armed with intent, conspiracy to institutionalize a physical felony, unsuccessful person to affix a dose stamp, and ownership of a controlled substance, according to online slammer records.
He remained inwards custody as of midday Thursday. Bail was localize at $60,000, according to WHO, a local TV station. He is scheduled to come out in local royal court on Aug. 1.
Spencer and the other surmise apiece allegedly forced the dupe turned of Easton Boulevard at near 3:15 am Tuesday. Both and then left hand their respective cars. The 2d surmise banged on the passenger face window.
The dupe was on her path place when the incident took place. She had won ii separate jackpots at the casino. She was non injured.
It appears at to the lowest degree i of the suspects began followers the victim while she was relieve at the casino, police said. He continued to tail assembly her and he left the gambling casino at the same clip she did, 3 am.
With her description, police force identified Spencer on Prairie Meadows surveillance video, constabulary said. The footage showed him nigh the dupe when she won the money.
Upon his arrest, police found he had $1,000 inwards hard currency and a bottleful of oxycodone in his vehicle.
They also found $2,000 inwards hard cash and a atomic number 47 .38 revolver at his residence, police force said.
Suspect Denies Involvement
Spencer claimed the money was from $10,000 he won at Prairie Meadows several weeks ago, police force said.
He denied to police he was involved inward the robbery, WHO said.
In an unrelated incident, in Oct a 27-year-old Keystone State man was supercharged with first-degree murder, after following a victim from a cassino to his home some 50 miles away.
Jekai Reid-John of Norristown allegedly tailed the piece from Pennsylvania’s Parx Casino to Plainsboro, N.J. where he was crack and later died.
Tailed Victim
Just hours before the shooting, Reid-John allegedly watched Aravapalli result the Bensalem, Pa. gaming property with the night’s winnings. Reid-John followed Aravapalli until the victim eventually stopped-up(a) at his house.
Reid-John allegedly followed him and entered the abode via a sliding door. Aravapalli was on a lower floor when several shots were fired and he suffered “multiple gunshot wounds,” prosecutors said inward a statement.
A railcar sped turned after the gunfire, a neighbour told police. Aravapalli was rushed by ambulance to a local hospital. Soon after arriving, he was declared dead.
Aravapalli’s married woman and teenage daughter were sleeping upstair inwards the domiciliate when the shooting took place, reports said.