Former Casino Guard Arrested In Theft (Buying $6K Hog with $20s was a dead giveaway)

KMGH-TV/DT Denver ^ | 11.10.03

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FLORENCE, Colo. -- A former guard at a Cripple Creek casino has turned himself in to authorities after suspicion focused on him for a casino cash robbery because he purchased a $6,000 used Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a stack of $20 bills.

Police say Jason Cody Jones, 27, appeared in a Teller County courtroom Friday on suspicion of burglary and theft for a looting at the J.P. McGill's casino on May 2.

He was released on $100,000 bond and his next court appearance is Nov. 17.

An arrest affidavit said Jones was a night security guard who allegedly sacked the casino and then used the small bills to buy the motorcycle, a pickup truck and even police badges for the Victor Police Department where he went to work after he quit the casino position.

Investigators said Jones earned $6,400 between February and July this year, but spent $35,000.

"He had been spending large amounts of cash," said Cripple Creek Police Chief Gary Hamilton.

The cash that was taken from McGill's included $68,000 in $20 bills; $16,000 in $100 bills; $15,005 in $5 bills, and $10,600 in $50 bills, authorities said.

When he bought the pickup truck using mostly $20 bills, Jones told the dealership he was from Cripple Creek but had not won a jackpot in the gambling town.

"No, I've just been putting a little money away saving for this because I have bad credit," he said, according to the affidavit.

But authorities also said Jones then told investigators the money was from payoffs from Honduran drug dealers he got while working as a sheriff's deputy in Lake County.

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Y'sure he wasn't Homer Simpson?

Just damn.

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[WackyKat]

for the Victor Police Department where he went to work after he quit the casino position.

Par for the course.

[CindyDawg]

This guy might be guilty but I don't think anyone that stashes cash away and buys something when they have saved up enough should have to explain where it came from. Some people don't like banks and it's none of the governments business. How much you make a year shouldn't be a factor IMO.

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[martin_fierro]

$6K for a Harley?

Must've been a Hugger 883 Sportster.

[abner]

How else would he buy it???

[spunkets]

"But authorities also said Jones then told investigators the money was from payoffs from Honduran drug dealers he got while working as a sheriff's deputy in Lake County."

Besides the bad credit, this statement pretty much ties it all up. This guy don't like banks, because he doesn't want to pay them back. He's a crook that got caught. It's the govm'ts business to protect rights. This guy violated the Casino's right to their own money.

[BraveMan]

Naw. $6K will get you a nice fixer-upper . . .

[Lokibob]

"The cash that was taken from McGill's included $68,000 in $20 bills; $16,000 in $100 bills; $15,005 in $5 bills, and $10,600 in $50 bills, authorities said."

He stole $109K over 6 months and nobody noticed, or cared, or changed the procedures. And he did it as a security guard. Then was allowed to quit his job? Something stinks here.

[sharkhawk]

He was released on $100,000 bond and his next court appearance is Nov. 17.
Judge will you take that in small bills. LOL

[squidly]

but I don't think anyone that stashes cash away and buys something when they have saved up enough should have to explain where it came from

You're correct, but not everyone used to be a security guard at a casino that was the victim of an unsolved heist. I wonder how he posted bail.

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"Judge will you take that in small bills. LOL"

LOL.

[Dianna]

He stole $109K over 6 months and nobody noticed, or cared, or changed the procedures. And he did it as a security guard. Then was allowed to quit his job? Something stinks here.

I agree. I used to work in a casino, and employees were busted for stealing ALL the time. It always amazed me that they could be that stupid, there are cameras everywhere.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I think the purchase was a "please catch me!" move. Transactions that big are reported to the Feds.

[steppenwolffe]

I just read the parenthetical part. I was looking to see that he paid six grand for a pig. That's a lot. Six grand for a Harley, that's not much.

[eno_]

I think the reporting requirement is $10k.

Pop quiz: What's the constitutional basis of that reporting requirement when there is no interstate commerce involved?

[Vermont Lt]

Actually, the reporting number has been changed to much less than 10k. It also includes a provision that you have to report exchanges that are suspicious. For example, someone depositing a lot of money in small bills--day after day. Or, if someone deposits a couple of hundred less than the amount, each day for a week. The rules are pretty vauge about what suspicious really is.

Big brother is really watching....

[international american]

This be Mike Tyson's jacket??