'So they do have to take actions to minimize their patrons being subject to criminal activity,' he said.Ĭasinos deal in cash, and cash draws thieves, as it did in April when Philly cops say a man, caught on tape waiting outside the Turf Club on Packer Avenue, snatched from a 64-year-old man a bag with $5,000 inside and credit cards.Īnd police say Gary Taylor couldn't keep his eyes off a 59-year-old woman who cashed-out with nearly $7,000 from Harrah's in Chester on a Saturday night in May. There's a lot for them to watch: gamblers workers the games booze and more.īut he says casinos do have a duty of care. Plus, security and police aren't mind-readers. He says any casino can run into trouble if there are obvious security gaps. 'I look at whether or not the casino took the actions and had the equipment and had the manpower and had the processes and policies in place to reduce that risk to that particular patron,' LaTorre said. Video shows one of them walking right back into the casino, tailed by cops, zig-zagging through the gaming floor, entering a bathroom and, ultimately landing in cuffs.Ĭarlos Rodriguez and one alleged accomplice, Justin Knecht, face robbery, conspiracy and other charges.īill LaTorre is a retired Marine and state police sergeant who now does security consulting. His big winnings taken and the gunman and SUV gone, he rushed inside to dial 9-1-1.Īn app for tracking his stolen iPhone helped police locate suspects back near SugarHouse.

'They just said, 'Put your hands up and, if you don't, I'll kill ya.' So I put my hands up,' he told us. 'I did not even think for a second that I was getting away from that without being shot,' he told us. The patron, who asked us to hide his face and change his voice, feared the worst. I thought maybe, you know, I over-tipped him, maybe I dropped money … until I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw a gun pointed at the side of my head.' 'And, for a split second, I thought it was the cab driver.

'When I get out of the cab, within a second someone was right up against me,' the patron said. Now, he's driving an SUV just two vehicles behind the departing taxi. A man - who cameras showed several times standing nearby as the patron played cards for more than five hours, even leaning on his chair - left moments before.

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