Casino Crime News Roundup: Ex-Cop Convicted for Assaulting Guard
Last Monday, a former police officer who had assaulted a security guard at the MGM Grand Detroit casino was convicted guilty.
Kevin Yudt, 43, of Grass Lake, Mich., was convicted by a Michigan jury of many charges, including one count of assault and battery and two counts of ethnic intimidation. Next month, Yudt will receive his sentence.
On April 6, 2023, Yudt was stopped from entering the gambling site because he seemed inebriated, which sparked the incident.
According to ClickOnDetroit, he threatened the guard, saying, "I'll be waiting for you when you come to Westland, and you will not survive." He explained that he was a sergeant at the Westland Police Department.
According to the allegation, Yudt reportedly shouted many racial epithets at the unidentified guard and prodded him in the breast.
According to the article, the police department fired Yudt a month later.
Suspect Targeted for $60K Theft
A man who reportedly took $60K from a car parked at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, in September is being sought by police.
The guy is accused of stealing the money from the vehicle and smashing the front passenger window. Oklahoma TV station KXII reports that the defendant is charged with burglary and grand theft in the warrant.
The suspect, a 45-year-old Plano, Texas resident, entered the vehicle twice in order to take things.
The South Dakota Casino Was Robbed
On Monday, an undisclosed sum of money was taken from a casino in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
According to Dakota News Now, the guy went up to a worker, brandished a knife, and demanded the money. After stealing the money, he ran off.
According to reports, the suspect was a slender Caucasian man who stood around six feet tall. He was wearing black clothing.
There were no injuries.
Raids against Gambling in Ohio
Following a police investigation, a number of illicit gambling businesses were raided in Akron, Ohio, last week.
During the searches, authorities found two weapons, suspected drugs, $150 gambling machines, and $93,188 in cash, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
Due to gambling infractions, suspects were ordered to appear before Akron Municipal Court.
There were liquor outlets and gambling parlors among the raided locations.
Seven months were spent by the police looking into the unusual activity at the houses. The operations' search warrants were then authorized by a court.
