Las Vegas Metro constabulary late released a verbal description of a lone bandit who stole a old bag of money from a worker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in conclusion month.
He was described as a Shirley Temple or Latino bald-pated man. He is 5-feet, 5-inches to 5-feet, 8-inches in height. He weighed between 160 and 190 pounds.
On June 25, he wore jeans, a gray hoodie, and a geminate of disgraceful shoes, KVVU, a local TV station, reported.
He fled from the off-Strip hotel-casino after grabbing the dirty money at around 8 am.
Few details are useable from authorities on the robbery. It was unclear how much money was inward the bag.
It was also unclear if the employee was injured during the theft. Still unclear is where inward the casino-hotel the robbery took place.
Casino.org reached out to the hotel for remark and additional entropy but did not try support immediately.
Anyone with selective information on the pillow slip tin contact Metro police force at 702-828-3591. To remain anonymous, claim Crime Stoppers at 702-835-5555.
Prior Crimes at Rio
Poker pro Joe Sal said inward 2019 that he was robbed at gunpoint after leaving a World Series of Poker (WSOP) case at the Rio. Another player, Geoff Hunter, said he also was robbed at the Rio at gunpoint in 2019.
The Rio cassino has hosted the WSOP every year at the gambling casino since 2005.
In 2020, federal authorities arrested a piece for stealing o'er $30,000 worth of cassino chips from a pai gow tabularise at the Rio’s gaming flooring rear inwards 2011. Two other men antecedently pleaded shamed to charges connected with that robbery.
The Rio opened in January 1990. It is set due west of the Strip near Caesars Palace.
The belongings was purchased Nina from Carolina years later by Harrah’s Entertainment — which would later become Caesars Entertainment — for $888 million. It testament follow rebranded inward a partnership with Hyatt Hotels.
Penn & Teller get been the resort’s entertainment headliners for the yesteryear II decades.
Upgrade Planned for Hotel
Following in conclusion year’s eruption of COVID-19, the Rio casino was shuttered for IX months. Also, inwards Jan Eric Birnbaum, CEO at Dreamscape Companies, denied rumors that a baseball bowl would be reinforced at the Rio site, or that the hotel-casino would follow demolished, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Dreamscape owns the resort and 22 acres of unused dimension at the location. The Rio is managed past Caesars Entertainment.
The pandemic slowed the Rio’s plans to upgrade, according to Birnbaum. He said he expects a “monster refresh” at the attribute inwards the next few years.