Casino Crime Roundup: Shooting, Stabbing at Two Rivers Casino Locations
An unnamed patient is recovering from a weekend shooting inwards the parking service department at Illinois’ Rivers Casino Des Plaines.
The dupe was accidentally gibe in the leg early on Sat morning time patch within a car.
At 12:52 a.m., a Des Plaines constabulary officer was told the victim requisite an ambulance, according to CBS News. EMTs responded and transported the wounded adult male to a local hospital, where he was treated by physicians. The injuries didn’t come along to follow life-threatening.
Based on initial reports, a gun accidentally fired inside the car. The victim was a rider inwards the vehicle, according to a financial statement from Rivers Casino. No one else was injured.
Ari T. Miller, 41, of Chicago, was supercharged with reckless lead and ownership of a hidden piece below the influence of alcohol, according to the Daily Herald, an Prairie State news outlet.
Stabbing at Rivers Casino Schenectady
A man was slashed at Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady on Fri night. He was rushed to New York’s capital of New York Medical Center. His shape wasn’t like a shot known, according to the Daily Gazette intelligence outlet.
He apparently was intimately sufficiency to paseo into the gambling casino at almost 6:30 p.m., when he told an employee he had been stabbed.
Schenectady Police Department Sgt. Nick Mannix didn’t bring home the bacon inside information of the stabbing. So far, it appears no one was arrested in connective with the incident.
Gambling Plea in Florida
An OH piece pleaded not guilty cobbler's last month to 123 counts linked to illegal gaming in Florida.
Timothy Surgen, 57, of Kent, allegedly operated troika illegal gambling joints inwards Palm Beach County, according to the Akron Beacon Journal news outlet.
He was charged with money laundering an amount of over $100K, 120 counts of wrongful possession of a expansion slot machine, and II counts of keeping a gaming house.
The illicit gaming took place on video expansion slot machines at Treasure Island Arcade, blackamoor Beards Super Game Room, and Games ‘N Thomas More inwards Florida, the cover added.
Between the triplet businesses, Surgen is believed to feature controlled near 100 or more gaming machines. He owns the Kent, Ohio-based Surgen Enterprises LLC.
Arizona Gambler Leaves Kids Alone
An Arizona adult male appeared inward courtyard lastly month on a child abuse point after he allegedly left wing twins alone at nursing home spell he went gambling.
Craig St. Thomas Opdycke, 37, left the two-year-old children at a Peoria, Ariz. residence on Sept. 13. He spent well-nigh cinque hours at a casino, constabulary said.
A occupier notified local police after seeing the twins out of doors with a dog.
The neighbor saw the kids running close the street before taking them backward to the house. The twins had lousy faces, feet, and clothes. Their diapers were soiled, according to police.
Opdycke eventually arrived backrest at his house. He number 1 told police officers he was at a restaurant for well-nigh a half an hour. Later, he admitted he was at a casino.
The twins’ fuss took the children below her care.
Opdycke also admitted to police he has a gambling addiction. Opdycke was released on his have recognizance and his pillow slip is pending inwards res publica court.