Arrest report: Son of Piero’s owner threatened to shoot up restaurant

The son of the owner of Piero’s Italian Cuisine, accused of taking out an unauthorized $1.5 million loan against the business, threatened to shoot up the restaurant, according to police.

Evan Glusman, 46, was arrested Saturday and booked on suspicion of making a threat or conveying false information about acts of terrorism and harassment.

In Glusman’s arrest report, officers with the Metropolitan Police Department said they responded to Piero’s, near East Desert Inn and Paradise Roads, after receiving reports that Glusman texted the restaurant manager that he was “going home to get a gun and f—-ing kill them in the middle of” the restaurant, which originally opened in 1982 and was featured in the 1995 movie “Casino.”

Fredrick Glusman, Evan Glusman’s father and owner of Piero’s, told officers that last fall his son defrauded his business, and he had not learned of it until recently, the report said. Advised by a family friend who was investigating the alleged theft, police said, Fredrick Glusman suspended his son’s employment at the restaurant.

The report did not specify Evan Glusman’s role at the restaurant, but his lawyer, Josh Tomsheck, stated that he has overseen day-to-day operations at Piero’s as the restaurant’s general manager. Tomsheck added that he has been associated with the restaurant since childhood and has held the same leadership position for over a decade.

Glusman’s LinkedIn page also lists him as a managing partner with Batch Hospitality.

When notified that he would have to step down from his position at Piero’s, Glusman became “extremely irate,” police said in the report.

“On April 18th, 2025, Evan text messaged Fredrick - ‘I’m done. Sell the restaurant, I didn’t do anything wrong, and I take it to my grave,’” the report read.

A week later, according to the report, Glusman sent the threatening text to Piero’s manager, also calling him a “snake.” Hours later, he was arrested, police said.

Glusman had not been charged with fraud or theft as of Wednesday, according to court records. A detective in the arrest report said that Metro would seek additional charges at a later time.

“While it is very early on in the legal process, our investigation reveals that Evan has committed no criminal action related to any financial transaction referenced in the media,” Tomsheck said in an emailed statement to the Review-Journal. “Evan has been extremely cooperative with law enforcement as they do their own investigation and is confident that they will conclude their own thorough and fair inquiry with the same result, that he has done nothing wrong.”

Court records indicate that Glusman was released from custody shortly after his arrest, having posted a $20,000 bail. He was ordered to participate in high-level electronic monitoring and was prohibited from owning weapons as conditions of his release. Glusman was also told to stay away from Piero’s.

Contact Akiya Dillon at adillon@reviewjournal.com.