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Police Catch Burglar Who Hit Seven Paris Las Vegas Rooms in Two Hours During WSOP

  • Robert Black broke into the hotel rooms at Paris Las Vegas between 3am and 4:30am
  • The seventh room was a bait room staged by police and monitored by security next door
  • When apprehended, Black had thousands of dollars in cash in his pockets
Dan Katz

Dan Katz graduated with a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Emory University. He clearly uses neither of those degrees now, having been writing about the gambling industry (specializing in poker) since 2005. Prior to that, he was an IT and management consultant. He is an avid gamer, primarily on PC, and enjoys collecting retro video games and consoles; finding room to set them all up is his current challenge. Dan lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. You can get in touch with Dan at [email protected].

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olice used a bait room to catch a burglar who stole thousands of dollars from several hotel rooms at Paris Las Vegas early one morning during the WSOP. [Image: Shutterstock.com]

Cash is normally in abundance on the Las Vegas Strip, but with the World Series of Poker currently in full swing at Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas, there is more money than usual floating around the properties. With that in mind, let the arrest of a burglar at Paris this past week serve as a reminder to all of you chasing your poker dreams: keep your cash locked up.

guests were asleep in the rooms when he entered

According to police reports acquired by KLAS, Robert Black broke into seven hotel rooms at Paris Las Vegas between about 3am and 4:40am on June 2. The scary part was that guests were asleep in the rooms when he entered, though it appears that Black’s goal was simply to grab money, not to hurt anyone.

He stole cash from five of the first six rooms, with amounts ranging from $244 to $2,400. The seventh room, though, was a bait room staged by the police containing hidden cameras, suitcases, a wallet stuffed with $600, and other “items of value.” When Black broke in and took the wallet, security officers, monitoring from the room next door, rushed in and apprehended him.

Black had US$5,365 and CAD$990 on him, plus someone else’s room key and a flathead screwdriver. He faces five counts of residential burglary and one count of attempted residential burglary.

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