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LAS VEGAS — A cash cage at the New York, New York Hotel and Casino was robbed early Wednesday, with the armed suspect ultimately escaping, authorities reported.
The heist took place at about 1 a.m. and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department authorities said no one was injured when the man pointed the gun at the cashier and took an undisclosed amount of cash.
New York, New York, which is owned by MGM Resorts International, is the second large casino on the Las Vegas Strip to be robbed within the last three months.
On Nov. 28, the Bellagio Hotel and Casino — also an MGM Resorts International property — was robbed by a man who took an undisclosed amount of cash from a cash cage in the poker room.
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That robbery happened while actor James Woods was playing poker and the actor praised the staff’s response in the midst of the crime.
“So we are playing poker at the BellagioPoker and a guy walks up with a gun and robs the cage thirty feet from us ten minutes ago,” Woods tweeted. “Bellagio staff were fantastic. They surrendered the money quietly, so no customers would get hurt. Nobody even realized it was happening. Excellent staff, cool under pressure.”
That suspect escaped in a Chevy Cruze with Nevada plates. He has yet to be caught.
Few robberies have been as large and as dramatic, however, as the 2010 incident at the Bellagio in which Anthony Carleo stole $1.5 million in chips from the craps pit. The so-called Biker Bandit fled on Flamingo Road on motorcycle, but was later caught and pleaded guilty.
After the New York, New York robbery, a casino spokesman issued a statement that said all operations were running normally in the wake of the theft. MGM officials would not disclose how much money was taken in the New York, New York robbery.
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — UPDATE JUNE 16: The robbery suspect, William Clark, has been released on bail.
ORIGINAL STORY: Police say the man accused of robbing the New York-New York casino on the Las Vegas Strip last week was wearing a surgical mask at the time and gave the cage cashier a note demanding money.
Officers arrested William Clark on Thursday in connection to the incident and online records show he is being held at Clark County Detention Center without bail.
Police say Clark first gave the cashier a note that read: 'give me the money.' The cashier pushed the note back and told him she could not read it, according to the arrest report.
The two argued about the note, the report says, and then Clark put is right hand in his hoodie pocket and told the cashier, 'give me your money, no one gets shot.'
She then emptied the drawer and police say Clark left with around $4,770.
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According to authorities, surveillance video shows a man - believed to be Clark by police - walking across the street and taking off a hoodie (revealing a blue t-shirt and chain necklace), taking off a surgical mask, throwing the hoodie into a trash can, and eventually going up to a hotel room at the MGM Grand.
After Clark was brought into custody, officers say they searched his room at the MGM Grand and found the clothes and the mask that the suspect had in the security footage.
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The report also says, while he was being questioned, Clark told police he did not commit a robbery and did not have a gun. The officer questioning him says Clark made those remarks before those specific details of the investigation were revealed to him.
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Clark is expected in court Tuesday.