Daring Vegas Heist Gets Gunman $1.5M in Chips

Police hunt $1.5m Vegas casino chips thief
Authorities are looking out for anyone trying to cash high-denomination chips at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, after an armed man stole at least $1.5m (£960,000) worth of the tokens and fled on a motorcycle. The thief took chips ranging in value from $100 to $25,000, but he might find it hard to redeem them anywhere else but the Bellagio, an Italian-themed resort with a wall of fountains famously located along the legendary Las Vegas Strip. Gordon Absher, spokesman for Bellagio owner MG...

Armed bandit robs Bellagio casino, escapes with $2 million in chips...
LAS VEGAS – An armed bandit escaped Tuesday on a motorcycle after stealing at least $1.5 million in casino chips from the posh Bellagio resort and may have pulled a similar caper across town less than a week ago, Police said. The culprit, however, might find it hard to redeem his loot at any other casino except the high-end, Italian-themed hotel-casino with a wall of famous fountains along the Las Vegas Strip. The 3:50 a.m. Robbery at a craps table happened "about as quick as you can do it...

Police: Las Vegas casino chip heist may total $2M
Las Vegas police are looking for an armed casino bandit who escaped on a motorcycle with perhaps $2 million worth of gambling chips from the posh Bellagio hotel-casino. Police Lt. Clinton Nichols told The Associated Press the Robbery happened quickly. He says the bandit wore a full-face motorcycle helmet as he displayed a gun in a casino pit area then demanded chips and sped away on Flamingo Road on a black sport-style motorcycle. Detectives are reviewing video and camera images of the Robbery t...

Robber on motorcycle speeds away with $1.5 million in Bellagio chips
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, a man on a motorcycle pulled up to the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, ambled over to a craps table, and just a few minutes later, left with $1.5 million worth of chips. Luck had nothing to do with his Windfall. But it was certainly a gamble, as Las Vegas Police are now in pursuit of him for armed Robbery. Around 3:50 a.m. PST, the man who Police described as stocky, wearing a motorcycle helmet and carrying a Handgun sped away from the casino on ...

For Bellagio chips robber, heist is a losing hand
LAS VEGAS — The heist was as brief as the spin of a roulette wheel, as dramatic as a Hollywood caper. While much of Las Vegas slumbered Tuesday, a gunman made off with $1.5 million in casino chips from the opulent Bellagio hotel and casino. What followed was something of a metaphor for this luminous gambling town. There was hype. Lots of it. And romantic notions of a real-life "Ocean’s Eleven," in which a crack team of thieves plots to rip off the Bellagio and two other casinos o...

Man guilty of murder in 2009 attempted robbery
NORFOLK Brighton Alderman and his best friend, Marlon Sanders, spent their last night together walking around downtown. The teenagers were looking for girls, Alderman said, near Waterside and MacArthur Center. Prosecutors said they were looking for someone to rob. The night ended with a Suffolk man dead and a police shoot-out that killed Sanders. On Wednesday, a jury convicted Alderman, now 20, of second-degree Murder, attempted Robbery, Conspiracy and weapons violations. The panel is scheduled ...

LA Police: 2 shot during pot dispensary robbery
Police say two people have been shot during a Robbery of a medical Marijuana Dispensary in the Northridge area of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Officer Gary Shanahan tells City News Service three gunmen entered the business at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. He says shots were fired, two people were hit and the suspects fled with an unknown amount of cash. Shanahan says the two wounded people were hospitalized. The conditions are not known. Celebrity birthdays for week of Dec. 19-25 Medical pot in...

Charges possible for keeping found cash
Published: Dec. 15, 2010 at 4:23 PM DALTON, Ga., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A man captured on videotape picking up an envelope holding almost $1,000 in cash at a Dalton, Ga., gas station could face Criminal Charges, police say. In Georgia, theft of lost or mislaid property is illegal and a felony if the amount is more than $500, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Dalton Police Officer Will Bryan said anyone who finds lost property should try to find the owner and report the find to police. A Dalto...

A Genuine Heist
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. The unthinkable has happened. A man has managed to rip off the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, getting away with more than $1.5 million in chips. Reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Police said a man parked his late-model black sport motorcycle at the north valet entrance of the casino about 3:50 a.m. He entered the casino wearing a white, full-face motorcycle helmet and a leather jacket, police said. The man approached a nearby cra...

Casino robbed of $1.5m in chips
An armed man stole at least $1.5m (£950,000) in casino chips from a craps table at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas before escaping on a motorcycle, police have said. The suspect entered the casino at 0350 local time wearing a motorcycle helmet and walked directly to the table. The man may have robbed the Las Vegas Suncoast Casino last week, police said. Strict controls over Las Vegas casinos may make it difficult to cash in the chips anywhere other than the Bellagio. Chips are generally unique...

Police: Bellagio chip heist may total $2M
Las Vegas — Las Vegas police are looking for an armed casino bandit who made off on a motorcycle with perhaps $2 million worth of gambling chips from the posh Bellagio hotel-casino. Las Vegas police Lt. Clinton Nichols told The Associated Press that detectives were reviewing video and camera images of the Robbery a little before 4 a.m. Tuesday at the Las Vegas Strip resort. No shots were fired and no one was injured. Nichols calls the Robbery about as quick as you can do it. He says t...

Name That Party: As Usual, Again-Indicted Former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Not ID'd As a Dem
Terry Jeffrey's Interview with Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on ObamaCare Lawsuit It seems to be almost required by now that any indictment of Kwame Kilpatrick must be accompanied by two or more establishment media outlets reports that fail to inform readers that the former Detroit Mayor is a Democrat -- in fact, a Democrat who was singled out for copious praise during the early stages of Barack Obama's campaign for president. In unbylined reports, CBS News in Detroit and the Ass...

Vegas gets last big casino opening for a while
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is opening to the public on the Las Vegas Strip, giving Sin City its last major casino-resort for at least a little while. The resort owned by German lender Deutsche Bank was expected to open Wednesday night with bettors placing their first wager about 8 p.m. Casino executives plan an unveiling party with VIPs and hotel guests earlier in the night. The celebration is expected to culminate with a pool-side concert with Brandon Flowers, the frontman for rock band The ...

US: Chips down for casino bandit in Las Vegas
POLICE in Las Vegas are looking for an armed bandit who stole at least $1.5 million in casino chips from the Bellagio and fled on a motorcycle. The thief took chips ranging in value from $100 to $25,000, police said. However, he might find it hard to redeem the chips at any other casino except the Bellagio, an Italian-themed casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Gordon Absher, spokesman for Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International, said the casino chips aren't the same as cash. "At some point they ha...

Vegas gets last big casino opening for a while
Las Vegas — The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is opening to the public on the Las Vegas Strip, giving Sin City its last major casino-resort for at least a little while. The resort owned by German lender Deutsche Bank was expected to open Wednesday night with bettors placing their first wager about 8 p.m. Casino executives plan an unveiling party with VIPs and hotel guests earlier in the night. The celebration is expected to culminate with a pool-side concert with Brandon Flowers, the frontman...

Two police stabbed in west London
Two Police Officers have been stabbed in Ealing, west London, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed. A Pc has been slashed in the neck and his injuries are said to be life-threatening. A PCSO was knifed in the arms and left seriously injured. Police said the officers were stabbed in the Ealing Broadway area at about 1505 GMT. London Ambulance Service has been taking casualties to Hospital. A 30-year-old man has been arrested. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the incident began when the off...

Police officer 'critically injured' in Ealing double stabbing
Two Police Officers were stabbed in west Lonodn by a knifeman today after they stopped him to check he had paid his bus fare....

Bellagio Robber Escapes with $1.5 Million in Casino Chips
An armed man stole about $1.5 million in casino chips from Las Vegas' Bellagio hotel-casino early Tuesday morning, the Associated Press reported, citing Las Vegas Police officials. The man, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet during the incident, robbed the hotel-casino at about 4 a.m. Tuesday after pulling a gun in the casino-pit area, the wire service said. No shots were fired and no one was injured. The man then sped away on a black motorcycle on nearby Flamingo Road, the wire service said....

Gunman in helmet robs Bellagio casino
Police say they’re trying to find a helmet-wearing gunman who robbed one of Las Vegas' most recognizable casinos of $1.5 million in casino chips Tuesday morning - and may also have robbed a different casino last week. With a helmet and visor hiding his face, the man rode to Bellagio casino (Surveillance image, above left) on a motorbike, walked inside and pulled a gun at a craps table where several people were gambling at about 3:50 a.m., said Lt. Clint Nichols of the Las V...

Motorcyclist Robs Bellagio of $1.5 Million in Casino Chips
An armed man stole up to $1.5 million in casino chips from the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning. The man, who fled on a motorcycle and wore a motorcycle helmet during the incident, robbed the casino hotel at about 4 a.m. Tuesday morning after pulling a gun in the casino-pit area, Las Vegas Police Lt. Clint Nichols said at a Press Conference Tuesday. No shots were fired and no one was injured during the incident, which took less than three minutes. About 10 casinos have been ro...

Gunman robs Bellagio casino...
Las Vegas Metro police spent much of Tuesday morning reviewing Surveillance video after a gunman wearing a motorcycle helmet and leather jacket robbed a pit area of the Bellagio casino. The robber, according to witnesses, parked his motorcycle in the north valet -- an entrance off Flamingo Road east of Interstate 15 -- allowing him to make a quick getaway. A Metro spokesman told the Associated Press the robber may have escaped with as much as $2 million in chips. Police said the robber fled on a...

Anti-flogging protesters arrested in Sudan
Published: Dec. 15, 2010 at 7:52 AM KHARTOUM, Sudan, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Sudanese authorities have charged 46 women and six men with Civil Disobedience for protesting the flogging of a young woman by police. The group, organized by the "No to Women's Oppression Coalition," said it had permission from authorities to deliver a Protest letter to the minister of justice, the Sudan Tribune reported Wednesday. Instead of allowing them to proceed, police arrested all the demonstrators. A BBC correspondent...

Michael Steele Faces Backlash From GOP
CBS News: In the wake of Michael Steele's Monday night announcement that, after much speculation to the contrary, he will be seeking re-election to chair the Republican National Committee (RNC), a number of influential Party Leaders made it clear that they would be actively seeking an alternative. Read the whole story: CBS News Get HuffPost Politics On Twitter and Facebook! Subscribe to the HuffPost Hill newsletter! Know something we don't? E-mail us at huffpolitics@huffingto...

Poll: New low for Congress approval
Washington (CNN) - Americans' approval of Congress has hit a new low, according to a new national survey. A Gallup Poll released Wednesday indicates that only 13 percent of the public gives Congress a thumbs up on the way its handling its job, with 83 percent saying they disapprove. The 13 percent Approval Rating is the worst Gallup has measured in the more than three decades it has been tracking Public Opinion of Congress, with the 83 percent an all time high for a Disapproval rating. A C...

Report: Katie Couric Could Bolt CBS Evening News For A Daytime Talk Show
Broadcasting & Cable’s Paige Albiniak reports, syndicators are very interested in negotiating a daytime TV deal for CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, “should renewing her contract with CBS not pan out.” Couric’s deal-which reportedly pays the former TODAY host $15 million a year-is set to run out next May. Sensing an opportunity “multiple syndicators” have approached Couric, Albiniak reports, to talk about “the daytime option.”...