Casino winner robbed outside his home
By Heather Ratcliffe
Of the Post-Dispatch
06/07/2005
Police say a casino surveillance tape helped them identify a 23-year-
old man who followed a Casino Queen winner home to Overland early
Monday to steal several thousand dollars. The suspect was still
sought Tuesday.
Investigators said they have surveillance camera pictures of him
following the victim out of the casino on the East St. Louis
riverfront and pictures of a car that left the parking lot behind the
victim's. Witnesses to the robbery described a car with the same
license number.
The victim escaped serious injury when the robber hit him with a beer
bottle and grabbed the cash on his front porch about 7 a.m. Monday,
Overland police said. Officers said he might have been more seriously
hurt had his family not checked on the commotion, causing the robber
to flee.
The victim had been urged at the casino to accept a cashier's check
for his winnings but insisted upon cash, officials said.