Two bandits — 1 of whom was wearing a SpongeBob teeing ground shirt — robbed two men betimes Wednesday out of doors of Lincoln, R.I.’s Twin River Casino. a gun was shown by ace of the robbers, but the victims escaped injury.
The would-be robbers number 1 approached the II victims inwards a parking lot after they exited their railroad car at most 2:25 am, according to WPRI, a local TV station. The men talked briefly.
Then, unity of the robbers displayed a firearm tucked inward his waistband. The victims were ordered to capture on the ground. Next, they were ordered to turn of events over their money.
During the course of instruction of the robbery, the surmise with the gun removed the weapon from his waistband. He pointed it at the head up of ane of the victims.
Before fleeing, the robbers told the victims to take the air toward the casino building. The victims followed the robbers’ directions and at one time within the casino, they notified cassino surety officers, who, in turn, notified local police virtually the holdup.
Police released descriptions of the suspects. Both appeared to follow in their 20s. One was a Shirley Temple male, who was nearly 6-feet, 2-inches tall. The other was the white male who was wearing the SpongeBob shirt. He was on the shorter side.
Witnesses to the criminal offence or those with tips for police can buoy touch the Lincoln Police Department at 401-333-1111.
Prior Twin River Robberies
In an unrelated incident, a Connecticut adult male was sentenced earlier this month to quartet years inwards prison for allegedly punching, knocking down, and robbing a 62-year-old player at Twin Falls River Casino.
The caseful dates backward to 2019, when Isaiah Snell, 27, of Putnam, scoped out the dupe on the gaming storey spell he was counting a large amount of cash, police force said.
Snell followed the piece to the parking lot. He and so told the man that he was carrying a gun, constabulary said. Snell, however, ne'er displayed a firearm. When the dupe tried to flee, Snell assaulted him. The dupe eventually handed over $1,500.
Snell so fled from the gaming holding lot. President Lincoln law were able-bodied to data track Snell’s movements by viewing surveillance video.
Under a plea deal, Snell will drop IV years in a Rhode Island commonwealth prison. In total, Snell was sentenced by Superior Court Justice Maureen B. Keough to octad years. But half of the condemn was suspended with probation.
Snell must also compensate $1,500 to the victim. Under the plea deal, he also will undergo substance insult counseling and cannot make middleman with the victim.
He pleaded no more contend to two charges inwards Providence Superior Court. These charges include the first-degree robbery of a someone over 60 and assault on a someone over 60 causing corporal injury.
Knifepoint Robbery
In a similar offense during 2020, a 69-year-old gambling casino player was tailed past a brigand piece inside Lincoln’s Twin Falls River Casino. The robber followed the dupe out to his car, which was left in a gambling casino parking lot.
He was robbed at knifepoint spell getting into the vehicle, according to police. group A surmise was arrested a little clip later. He was identified as Susan Brownell Anthony McClain, 30.
The victim’s money, cubicle phone, and glasses were stolen during the holdup, law said.
Police in this instance also used surveillance picture to cartroad and describe the suspect. It was not like a shot known how the homage pillow slip against McClain turned out.