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A man was arrested after he was accused in the theft of $300,000 in copper and various tools from the Fontainebleau on the Strip, according to a report from Las Vegas police.
A man accused of posing as one of the owners of Circa and swindling the casino out of more than $1 million pleaded guilty to theft this week.
Circa lost $1.17 million in a con job that saw somebody posing as an owner of the hotel, according to a police report.
Las Vegas police say they have arrested a man who went on a casino robbery spree that began late last year.
One gambler told the FBI that Stephen Paddock, who opened fire on concertgoers on Oct. 1, 2017, killing 60, was “very upset at the way casinos were treating him.”
Las Vegas police released a blurry photo from surveillance video of a vehicle believed to be connected to a robbery at the Red Rock Resort early Friday.
“I think it demonstrates as much as anything does that their heart is where it ought to be as we work on this,” Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson said of MGM Resorts International.
A man accused of robbing a Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas casino cage early Tuesday gave a teller a note threatening violence while demanding $10,000 in casino chips.
An appellate court has sided with Steve Wynn in his defamation lawsuit against attorney Lisa Bloom and her law firm in a legal battle over a press release about allegations against the former casino mogul.
A woman is accused of breaking into a Circa control room while naked late Monday and turning off power to the hotel, casino, fire alarms and elevators.
Tourists interviewed on the Strip this week say they feel safe despite the recent spate of violence, noting increased police presence as a positive factor.
MGM Resorts International’s plans to build a community center on concert grounds targeted by a gunman nearly two years ago drew praise from some, but left others chagrined by a move to use the site for a temporary parking lot.
The Mandalay Bay digital sign went dark for about four minutes around 10 p.m. on October 1, 2018 and came back to display “#VegasStronger” for at least 30 minutes. Some Las Vegas shooting survivors expected more, however.
An increased number of security guards stood by the elevator bank Monday.