Casino Crime Roundup: Buffalo Casino Temporarily Shutters After $100K in Fire Damage
Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino was forced to closelipped for several hours on Lord's Day after a fire at the New York State gaming property.
The blazing started at nigh 7 a.m. inward a second-floor storage area. Buffalo Fire Department firefighters quickly extinguished the flames, according to Buffalo TV post WGRZ.
Water used to get rid of the flack forced The casino was forced to secretive for well-nigh Phoebe hours due to irrigate used to extinguish the fire. Damage to the holding was estimated at $100K.
Fire officials didn’t free a make for the blaze.
Hard John Rock Casino Death Leads to Guilty Plea
A piece pleaded guilty in conclusion calendar week to a reduced accuse inwards connective to the 2021 fatal wounding of his lady friend at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino inward Atlantic City.
Frankie E. Lane, 61, of Philadelphia, pleaded shamefaced to first-degree provoked manslaughter. He was originally charged with hit and weapons offenses after he surrendered to authorities, according to City of Brotherly Love TV send WTXF.
When Lane is sentenced on June 23, he testament potential receive a 20-year term inward New Jersey state prison. He testament live eligible for word of honor after serving 17 years, NJ.com, a regional word site, reported.
The victim, Sharon Whaley, 57, also of Philadelphia, was found deceased inwards a way at the hotel. She had been stabbed multiple times.
Caregiver Nabbed After Allegedly Leaving Woman inward Casino
A caregiver was arrested on Sat for allegedly leaving a nonverbal adult female alone inwards Bangor, Maine’s Hollywood Casino, inward March. Tammy Knowlton, 60, of Troy, Maine, was charged with endangering the welfare of a qualified person, according to ME TV station WABI.
The victim was derelict inward the gaming property’s lobby. When constabulary arrived, she appeared illogical and was vagabondage inward the edifice before existence transported to a local hospital.
Using surveillance video, constabulary were capable to place the vehicle that transported the woman to the casino. The woman was eventually returned to her residence.
Sioux Falls Man Displays Knife in Casino
On Friday, a adult male threatened people with a stab inwards a Siouan Falls, S.D., gaming property. He also threw a glassful that shattered, police said.
The unnamed suspect to boot shouted at others inwards the coordination compound during the noontime incident. Casino staff asked him to result due to his unruly behavior. He refused before eventually walking come out of the casino, according to South Dakota TV place KSFY.
On Saturday, he was charged with aggravated assault and intentional damage, according to Dakota News Now, a regional tidings site. There were no injuries in the incident. The gaming holding wasn’t identified.
Valley Forge Casino Confrontation
A casino visitor was arrested on multiple counts on April 22 following a upset at Pennsylvania’s Valley Forge Casino.
Callahan Bright, 36, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., struggled with an officer at the gaming property. Bright was later found to follow inwards ownership of drugs, according to the Sanatoga Post, a regional intelligence organization. When authorities attempted to subdue Bright, he allegedly threatened a land state trooper and a security measures guard manager, the Post reported.
Bright was charged with drug possession, ownership of dose paraphernalia, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and harassment, Keystone State State Police said. It’s unclear if anyone was injured during the struggle.
Clearwater River Casino Arrests for Meth, Fentanyl
Two suspects were arrested after they were seen allegedly trafficking suspected fentanyl and Methedrine (meth) on Apr 20 at Idaho’s Clearwater River Casino.
Robert Kay, 35, and Fawnda Bolin, 41, were both supercharged for allegedly marketing fentanyl, marijuana, and meth inwards the casino’s parking lot, according to regional word situation Big Country News.
Police seized some 200 grams of suspected meth, 20 grams of marijuana, and more than 460 suspected fentanyl pills from a motorcar linked to the suspects, the write up added. Also in the railcar was a ganja pipe, a meth pipe, and hollow packages, police force said.
Kay was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, ownership of marihuana with intent to deliver, and possession of fentanyl with purport to deliver. His bail was circle at $75K. Bolin was charged with trafficking meth and ownership of a controlled substance. His bail was go under at $20K.
Kay and Bolin were booked at the Nez Perce County Jail, and their cases experience been turned o'er to local prosecutors.