Plain Dealer Metro - August 22, 2012
Casino robbery suspect arrested after police trace his path on surveillance cameras
By
Ronald Wells
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Police and Horseshoe Casino security used video surveillance to track a robbery suspect to a point earlier Sunday when he entered the casino and showed his identification.
Police said they arrested Ronald "Dank" Wells, 27, Tuesday near his home on Loop Drive for the robbery. They had a warrant for his arrest. Casino Control Commission officials said it was the first robbery since the casino opened on May 14.
Police said they believe Wells robbed a man who was walking to his car after winning $1,800 at the Horseshoe Casino craps table.
Police worked with casino and Tower City security officers to go through hours of surveillance footage to identify the man accused of the robbery.
Police said Christian Black, 28, and a friend, Steven Williams, 25, both of Warren, were gambling at the casino around 5 a.m. Sunday when Black won $1,800. The men decided to take their winnings and leave.
As they left the casino and went into Tower City, they noticed they were being followed by a man who had been sitting near them at the craps table when Black won the money. They told police the suspect walked past them into the Tower City parking lot.
The victims continued into the lot on West Huron Road, and police said the suspect walked up to them and started to make conversation. They tried to walk away when the man pulled out a handgun and said, "You know what this is."
Black turned over the $1,800, and the suspect ran away.
Police did not initially locate the suspected robber, but inspected the surveillance video from the casino, the mall and the parking to identify him, then issued the arrest warrant. The casino has more than 1,000 cameras in place that record all activity in the casino and parking lots.
Wells has had several convictions for crimes such as drug trafficking and receiving stolen property dating back to 2003, police said.
The casino offers patrons free security escorts to cars and has a policy barring weapons in the casino.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/08/casino_robbery_suspect_arreste.html
The comments are revealing:
The Hollywood Casino in Columbus is opening in a broke side of town too. It's going to suck every dollar out of that neighborhood.
And what's up with the security? I thought casinos have big money invested in surveillance equipment and personnel. Their response is that they were responding to another incident? Really?
Pay to crackheads to cause a scene, as security is busy with them, rob the entire casino floor. Apparently they only have enough resources to respond to one incident at time.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_8_12/495400_This_shouldnt_surprise_anyone__Clev_Casino_crime_.html
Guess they didn't get around to hiring Security:
Horseshoe Casino Cleveland Job Openings
http://caesars.hodesiq.com/Horseshoe/job_detail.asp?JobID=3149738&user_id=
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