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Published Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 | 9:36 a.m.
Updated Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 | 12:46 p.m.
Map of Palace Station Hotel & Casino
Palace Station Hotel & Casino
2411 W. Sahara Ave, Las Vegas
An armored car guard was robbed at gunpoint of about $36,000 this morning in front of the Palace Station Hotel & Casino.
Metro Police Officer Ramon Denby said authorities responded at 9:03 a.m. to the robbery in front of the casino. No one was injured during the confrontation.
Denby said two robbers confronted a guard as he was exiting the casino and the other guard was still in the armored vehicle.
Police reported in a news release that the robbers escaped with more than $1 million, but Station Casinos spokeswoman Lori Nelson said the suspects left with about $36,000 and several checks that already had been cashed.
Authorities earlier this morning said a witness reported hearing a gunshot fired, but police early this afternoon said a gunshot hasn't been confirmed.
Police say the two robbers drove away in a four-door gold or beige Dodge Stratus sedan, or possibly a Chrysler Sebring. The driver was described as white, wearing a white hoodie and light pants.
The second man was described as white, about 35 to 40 years old and clean-shaven with dark pants, a beige jacket and sunglasses.
Anyone with information is being asked to call the Metro Police robbery section at (702) 828-3591, or to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
One of the largest armored truck robberies in recent memory in Las Vegas was the Oct. 1, 1993, robbery involving Las Vegas resident Heather Tallchief, a former employee of Loomis Armored Inc., who helped an accomplice steal about $3 million from an armored van, then fled on a chartered jet.
Tallchief allegedly drove away from Circus Circus with the money while co-workers were inside filling ATM machines. She and her accomplice, Roberto Ignacio Zalaya-Solis, fled, disguised as senior citizens.
Tallchief surrendered herself to U.S. Marshals on Sept. 15, 2005, although Solis is still at large. She said she wanted her then 10-year-old son to have a normal life, authorities said. The boy was living with her fiance in Amsterdam at the time. She was sentenced to 63 months for the crime on March 30, 2006.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
I heard over the police radio is was "Clem McGilicutty".
Pissed off that the penny slots did not pay off, so he took a bag of pennies
from guard.
Ummm....He should have a gun too, why didn't he use it?
That was a dumb move, there are cameras everywhere, I live in the area, hope they get these guys .. They are probably long gone on I-15 though ..
I worked armored for many years and the entire time you are out of the truck you feel the bulls-eye on your back. Most robberies occur from a range of less than 10 feet, and have 2.3 shots fired. As far as casino security, they are as worthless as tits on a boar. They are "professional witnesses". Even the armed ones are not allowed to draw their weapons--God forbid they shoot a patron by accident! At least the armored guards are regulated by the state's AG office, and have to re-qualify on the range annually. Casino security is not regulated nor do they have to shoot to a standard.
WAKE UP METRO, a description of the culprits might be helpful.
as a liberal, i hope these robbers get the therapy, care, and understanding they so obviously have been without their whole lives.
Another source is printing they got away with over a million dollars cash
Why print that info?
kind of opening a box for the idiot criminals
peace out
Sounds li' fun to mee.
No one was hurt.
How can a million dollars fit into one bag? I know casinos have big bills, but..... It doesn't sound like that much would be in one bag.
Likely some thieving politicians with a habit of parking their vehicles in handicap slots.
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Metro might want to ask Rejco for an alibi IF The get-away-car was waiting 12 steps from the armored car!
Just saying!
Sorry Rejco but I just double checked my 'amends I gotta make list' and I don't see your name on it.. Are you sure about the 'higher' power part?
Maybe this is the Ferttias plan for their bankruptcy reorganazation
'Former_Nevadan' summed it up best: "As far as casino security, they are as worthless as tits on a boar. They are "professional witnesses".
Observe and report - the casino security motto.
I worked in casino security for a while, both armed and unarmed, and there is no quicker way to the unemployment line (benefits denied, of course) than actually taking your firearm/OC/ASP out of its 'for show only' holsters.
It is safer job security wise to work at one of the majority of strip casinos where even OC and ASP batons are forbidden. And there better be rust on them handcuffs come inspection time!
Thank God most robbers still think 7-11 stores are the easy pickings...
I agree with Steven that these are poor mis-guided men, simply trying to make their way in the world...They should be forgiven and not even pursued...At least they were driving an American Car....True PATRIOTS!
If there WAS a million in the bag, I'd call it 36 thousand too. Otherwise, this could become lucrative for the bandits and dangerous for armored car guards.
OJ planned this from his cell!!
Dave Berns has an alibi....
seeing how times is hard more then likely this will not be the last time..
Maybe those armed robbers were manipulated by sex magic like that Heather Tallchief lady. Google her name and you'll see what I mean. I find that hilarious!
Inside job
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!! JohnnyTwoFingaz, that was a good one!!!
JohnnyTwoFingaz :
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
That's real smart,tell everyone how much $ they got.So other nut jobs can think they can get away with it too.
Newsflash: Polish investment banker comes up with $36,000 and makes
offer to buy the fountainblue.
Why would they rumor 1 million stolen then come out and say 36,000.00 who cares how much was stolen.The sad part is that the armored car crew lives where threatened and it could have come out alot worse.Why should they start shooting and risk their lives if you can hand over the money and the robbers leave with what they want.
The armored company they work for are insured.
So let them have it.
It is ashame that there is so much crime in Las Vegas and this country.But here in Vegas with all the casinos and a high volumn of cash flow here in this town I can not believe this doesnt happen more.The casinos need to build a secured drive through for the trucks to enter and once all is closed and checked the armored employee gets out and then makes his pick up.So stupid for them to have to walk through the public with any large sums of money.
Very true,rodtig.
stevem...you are right and I think they are all heading with John Ensign to the Christian fraternity safe house in Washington DC...Governor Sanford is meeting them there to help Ensign provide the moral values they didn't receive
36,000 USD. Definitely NOT worth the opportunity cost/risk of pulling off a heist of this type. Six or seven figures would be worth the risk to many, especially in this new Orwellian nightmare known as the United States economic climate.
Personally, I don't think I'd ever have the cajones to pull of a heist. Imagine the adrenaline rush!
rodtig :
That wouldn't make for very good Las Vegas Sun articles like this one now would it..
Did they at least get to spin the wheel for pay check poker?
Rodtig, why don't you fire up those braincells for a minute and think about how ridiculous your comment is.
1) when a person applies to become an armored car employee, they should be aware that the job is essentially dangerous.
2) standard practice for armored companies is to let the cash be taken, not to jeopardise your life or the life of your co-workers.
3) how many times do you think an armored car company pulls up to a casino to do a cash drop or pick-up? how many casinos operate within clark county? now multiply the two, divide by how many armored trucks are robbed, and let reality sink in.
let common sense prevail.
A similar Ukiah CA armored car hold up was done to finance right wing causes, I think all conservative talk radio people and tea party people should be rounded up and subjected to enhanced interrogation.
$36,000? Thats chickenfeed from where I'm from! Vegas has MILLIONS!!!!!
Takes $36,000 and put it on red! bam red hits
Take $72,000 and move all in aces against ivey, bam a double up
Take $144,000 and put it on 12 craps, bam! 30-1
$4,320,000 million dollar heist!!! BAM! All in a days work in vegas, baby
Then I woke up. Crap, black hit. Got to go back to gas station and work for $5.00 hour
That definitely was not an inside job.
Now they can go shopping for a "VW"
"LOL"
Hey mred: Didn't left wing terrorist invent armored car robberies back in the 1960s, Yea must have been there kids.