Posts Tagged ‘casino robbery’

Casino Robber Claims Theft Two Years Later

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Casinos are an environment where players can enjoy their favorite casino games. Casino operators hire dealers to control the games as well as additional employees to work certain areas of the casino. These employees must take care to follow the proper rules and regulations so that the casino is operating properly. In most cases, employees do as they should, but sometimes employees will try and cheat the casino to make a quick buck. When this happens, the employee ends up getting caught and losing their position, earning jail time.

A former employee of a casino in Nevada recently turned himself in for robbing the casino, even though the robbery took place two years previously. The employee, Dell Eugene Warfield III, turned himself in supposedly stealing over $160,000 from the gambling site.

The robbery took place in 2013 when Dell was working at the William Hill Race & Sports Book Primm Valley Resort and Casino. This facility is located in Stateline and Dell reportedly came into the casino and went straight to the state. He then opened the safe and took the cash from the casino. Dell knew the code to the safe since he was an employee of the casino.

The robbery was captured on camera at the casino but since the safe was accessed via the code, the alarm was not set off. An employee reportedly saw the heist take place and Dell was able to get away. The twenty four year old ended up turning himself in earlier this week on charges of theft and burglary.

It is unclear as to why he turned himself in and if there is any money remaining from the amount taken from the safe. When the robbery took place, Dell reportedly texted his dad, stating that he would not be hearing from him again after he got ‘caught up’.

Casino Robber Deemed Mentally Unstable

Wednesday, November 26th, 2014

file4741238088930Last summer a robbery took place at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas that rocked the casino industry. A man entered the casino and took a ton of cash and has seen time in court. Scott Alan Carmitchel of Kansas was in court this past week and a judge ruled he was unfit to stand trial based on psychological reasons.

Carmitchel has been charged with robbing the Las Vegas Casino and appeared in court soon after wearing a mask and blanket. During his mugshot pictures, the suspect had to be restrained and would not even speak. The judge ruled at the time that Carmitchel ‘might have mental problems’.

The suspect also refused to open his eyes or even acknowledge where he was during the appearance in court. He faces federal charges of interference with commerce and has acted very strangely during the entire ordeal. The money that the suspect was able to receive was spent on sex workers and shopping, some $43,000 spent by Carmitchel.

Carmitchel was caught after a tourist told police that he was offered $300 to rent the suspect a hotel room. Carmitchel spent time in jail in the late 1990s for a robbery and also spent time in jail about a year ago for making a criminal threat. When the incident first occurred, Carmitchel stated that was at the casino but did not remember what happened while he was there.

The Bellagio Casino has been subject to robbery in the past with the huge craps heist back in 2011. The robber managed to take $1.5 million in chips from the casino gaming floor. An arrest was made in that case just like in the most recent robbery. The casino continues to make changes to the security measures to ensure that this type of robbery does not happen again in the future.