olice used a bait room to catch a burglar who stole hundreds of {dollars} from a number of resort rooms at Paris Las Vegas early one morning through the WSOP. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
Money is often in abundance on the Las Vegas Strip, however with the World Collection of Poker presently in full swing at Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas, there may be extra money than normal floating across the properties. With that in thoughts, let the arrest of a burglar at Paris this previous week function a reminder to all of you chasing your poker goals: maintain your money locked up.
friends have been asleep within the rooms when he entered
In response to police reviews acquired by KLAS, Robert Black broke into seven resort rooms at Paris Las Vegas between about 3am and 4:40am on June 2. The scary half was that friends have been asleep within the rooms when he entered, although it seems that Black’s aim was merely to seize cash, to not damage anybody.
He stole money from 5 of the primary six rooms, with quantities starting from $244 to $2,400. The seventh room, although, was a bait room staged by the police containing hidden cameras, suitcases, a pockets full of $600, and different “objects of worth.” When Black broke in and took the pockets, safety officers, monitoring from the room subsequent door, rushed in and apprehended him.
Black had US$5,365 and CAD$990 on him, plus another person’s room key and a flathead screwdriver. He faces 5 counts of residential housebreaking and one rely of tried residential housebreaking.
