The Bellagio Hotel & Casino in LAS VEGAS recently experienced a burglary scare. A group of burglars broke into the facility’s high-end Rolex store, located in the basement. It's reported that the group of individuals, one of which was seen wearing a pig mask, used a sledgehammer to break into the store.
First mistaken for an active shooter scenario, the burglary was ultimately put to a stop by police, with the entire resort placed on lockdown for about 30 minutes. Following further investigation, police revealed that at least three individuals were involved, and there were NO injuries.
Despite the police ultimately obtaining control of the situation, it did not go without wreaking havoc on the guests inside the facility at the time. Some witnesses recounted their perspective on what happened. A woman who identified herself as Kira, a 21-year-old from California, described a man in all black, guarding the exterior of the Rolex store, as she exited the restroom. She was even able to snap a picture of the man before making a run for it with a friend.
She recalls, “He was screaming at people, pointing his gun, making sure that anyone who was close just got away.”
Upon reaching the exterior of the building, Kira claims to have seen the man being taken away by police, a detail the department has yet to confirm.
In another account of the burglary, a 50-year-old man, Chris, recalls hearing the sound of gunshots while playing poker above the Rolex store.
He reported, “I ran around the corner and I heard two shots, ‘bang, bang.’ When I looked back, everything was already chaos.”
Chris added, “You'd never think of anyone bringing a gun in here. It’s like old wild west stuff. But you know, Vegas, it's all types of stuff that happens here.”
Source:
“Pig-masked gunman tries to rob a jewelry store at Bellagio Casino Las Vegas, reports of shots fired”, nydailynews.com, March 25, 2017.
rferry5
7 years ago
Sr. Member
Idiots watch to much T.V and believe what they see in the movies is actually real oh what a great idea lets go do that rob the casino make a big scene and we will get away with it and be rich..People 'crooks' are so much out of touch with reality..Life is hard nobody said it would be easy but crooks should sit around...
Idiots watch to much T.V and believe what they see in the movies is actually real oh what a great idea lets go do that rob the casino make a big scene and we will get away with it and be rich..People 'crooks' are so much out of touch with reality..Life is hard nobody said it would be easy but crooks should sit around thinking about finding a damn job instead of taking what dont belong to them. rose
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Kristen Munoz
7 years ago
Jr. Member
whoa how absolutely stupid on these guys , what were they on drugs to think of something like this ! I mean yes we would all love to have the finer things like rolex jewelry but still and the way they did it no brains must of been a prank to start with turned real somehow . shame on you dumbies !
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jade
7 years ago
Super Hero
Couldn't these guys do any better than this? I thought it was a bad idea to attract attention to yourself during the commission of a crime? While these guys were planning this fiasco, I'm surprised that the other guys didn't shoot down the idea (no pun intended) of standing right outside the store "screaming at people,...
Couldn't these guys do any better than this? I thought it was a bad idea to attract attention to yourself during the commission of a crime? While these guys were planning this fiasco, I'm surprised that the other guys didn't shoot down the idea (no pun intended) of standing right outside the store "screaming at people, pointing a gun'! Kinda gives it all away! These guys don't deserve a Rolex! Criminals ............ Really...........
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Sylvanas
7 years ago
Admin
F&L in Las Vegas meets Oceans Eleven. I suppose the sledgehammer and the pig mask were meant to strike fear into the hearts of security guards.
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coolsongss
7 years ago
Hero Member
This is funny. I think that the burglars are a group of idiots. If they wanted to break in Rolex or any other luxury brands, they should have gone somewhere else, other than big casinos and hotels. There are hundreds of guards in and around of casinos, actually this is the same case in any big casinos in any countries....
This is funny. I think that the burglars are a group of idiots. If they wanted to break in Rolex or any other luxury brands, they should have gone somewhere else, other than big casinos and hotels. There are hundreds of guards in and around of casinos, actually this is the same case in any big casinos in any countries. They saw too much of movies. Long peace in prison.
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Mojo Jojo
7 years ago
Super Hero
Looks like somebody need to go to a rehab. It's just plain stupid to rob a Las Vegas casino. Those guys probably watched too much Ocean's Eleven.
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