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Casino patrons fight off robber www.privateofficer.com
State police said several casino patrons fought off a robbery attempt early Tuesday in a parking garage at Mohegan Sun.
At about 1:30 a.m., police said Bobby Porter, 21, of 45 Boulder Drive in New London, followed several casino patrons to their vehicle in Riverview Garage. The patrons had just cashed in their chips and were leaving.
Porter approached the vehicle, opened the driver’s door and told the female driver to “give me your money or I will shoot,” according to police reports. Witnesses said they never saw a gun.
The two passengers in the vehicle wrestled with Porter and punched him several times in the face, police said. Porter ran from the scene, leaving behind a sweatshirt and baseball cap, police said.
With the aid of casino security, state police from Troop E in Montville tracked Porter to New London, where he was arrested.
At Porter’s court appearance in Norwich Tuesday, Judge Robert Young ordered Porter held on $10,000 bond and to stay away from the casino. Porter is charged with attempted second-degree robbery, second-degree larceny and breach of peace. He is due back in court July 13.
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Woman arrested for trespassing at casino www.privateofficer.com
A Kingston woman banned from the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino in Plains Township was arrested early Thursday morning for trespassing, state police said in a press release.
Mary Renee Bartholomew, 47, was told in December 2007 she was never allowed to return to the casino or she would face charges, police said.
Around 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, security officers observed Bartholomew in the facility and recognized her as someone who was banned, police said.
Security officers and members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board confronted Bartholomew and she admitted she was not supposed to be in the casino, police said.
Bartholomew was charged with criminal trespassing and again told not to return to the casino.
It could not be determined Friday why Bartholomew was banned from the casino.
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LAWTON OK — Lawton’s Central Mall was evacuated and several stores were shut down after the discovery of some unattended bags.
Shoppers were ordered out of the central part of the mall Monday after mall security officers noticed a gray suitcase and a black bag near a bench. Police were called and cordoned off the area.
About two hours after the initial report a 26-year-old man told police the bags belonged to him and contained clothes. He told authorities he was traveling by bus to Colorado and didn’t want to carry the bags while shopping.
Stephen A. Kelly, 23, of Niantic, was arrested by a Mohegan Sun state police detective after he was found urinating in an Earth Casino pit.
Security officers approached Kelly, who they say became combative, and attempted to eject him from the casino.
Kelly was charged with breach of peace and released on $500 cash bond. He is expected in Norwich Superior Court Jan. 8.
Ventura County CA
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man and a woman wanted for the armed robbery of the Hampton Inn & Suites hotel, 50 W. Daily Drive, on Dec. 16 around 11:50 p.m.
Witnesses describe the man as Hispanic, between 35 to 40 years old, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 240 pounds. The woman, also Hispanic, is between 25 and 30 years old. She is described as heavyset and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. Both wore all black clothing and Santa hats during the late-night robbery.
According to police, the couple entered the hotel lobby around midnight, jumped the counter and threatened the night clerk with a large kitchen knife. The robbers told the night clerk to lie face down and then took about $600 in cash from the register.
Police said a security guard saw the two leave the hotel in a light-colored small sedan similar to a Honda Civic.
The two are also suspected of robbing the same hotel earlier this month.
Please call the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crime Unit at (805) 477-7000 with any information regarding this robbery.
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