Tobago Casino Heist Leads to Theft of $92K, Suspects Flee

Tobago constabulary bear on to lookup for the trinity who robbed nearly $92,000 from the Silver Dollar casino Mon on the Caribbean island. One of the men was armed with a gun.

The money was stolen come out of a vault, Trinidad & Tobago Newsday reported. Then, the three bandits fled after the nighttime theft.

The casino is located inwards Shirvan Plaza. The mall is nigh the Shirvan police force headquarters.

Casino Owner Fatally Shot

In another Trinidad and Tobago crime, casino possessor Lucius John, 35, was at his LA’s Amusement Club when he was fatally pellet past robbers in December 2020.

He died at the offense scene. John Lackland had opened the gaming holding simply deuce weeks before he was murdered. It appears that no suspects hold been arrested inwards the case.

Upon seeing the bandits, John the Divine alerted his brother-in-law and another congener to flee. The bandits so stab him.

One of John’s relatives said he gave up his possess lifespan when alerting the menage members.

“Two more of my fellowship members would have been dead this morn if it weren’t for Lucius. That was the kind of adult male he was,” Newsday reported.

“He was the number 1 to escort the gunmen, and he warned them to run. One of the relatives at the gambling casino was playing a spirited on his cellphone, so he wasn’t paying attending to what was going on, and the other 1 was just now there.”

Not Guilty Verdict

Also, inwards September 2021, a local piece accused of murdering a Trinidad and Tobago cassino security department ward during a robbery was found non guilty, according to local word reports. He was set discharge over a decade after the 2010 crime. The defendant denied any wrongdoing

High Court Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds made her ruling after noting inconsistencies inwards testimony. She and then told the defendant, Anthony “Bussa” Contrera, 37, who is from the town of Tunapuna, he was a liberate man.

During the several-week trial, which kicked off inwards Aug 2021, prosecutors tried to establish Contrera killed Qiydaar black lovage at Jackpot Casino and Members Club inward the town of Curepe.

They claimed he and others pretended to be customers. Contrera and then allegedly maimed Smyrnium olusatrum in the head. Casino workers and players were then robbed, prosecutors said.

After beingness shot, Smyrnium olusatrum strike down to the ground, missed consciousness, and bled heavily from the wounds, according to court of law testimony. He died later from his wounds.

A small-arm was also stolen from the offence scene, according to Newsday. Also stolen was $151,000 (about US $22,137) inward immediate payment and the casino’s surveillance photographic camera system.

But Contrera said he was shopping elsewhere on the island when the robbery and off took place. Two reported witnesses failed to seem inward courtroom to testify. During the trial, Contrera also denied any wrongdoing.

When announcing her verdict, the justice noted disputes on what the liquidator was wearing. She noted a attestator claimed the dupe was slam at closelipped range. But a pathologist said the shooter was betwixt deuce to trinity meters from the victim when shots were fired, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, another local publication.