{"id":2392,"date":"2024-09-13T14:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:17:37","slug":"robbery-of-washington-state-casino-winner-leads-to-couples-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/robbery-of-washington-state-casino-winner-leads-to-couples-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbery of Washington State Casino Winner Leads to Couple\u2019s Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man and woman were apprehended recently for last month\u2019s holdup scheme of an unsuspecting winner at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Muckleshoot Casino Resort, pictured above. A casino winner was robbed by a man and woman in the property\u2019s parking garage. The two were arrested. (Image: Booking.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The would-be victim won $1K at the Auburn, Wash. gaming property on August 30. He took the payout in cash and stuffed the money into his wallet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At about 3:16 a.m., he was walking back to his vehicle that was left in a parking garage<\/a>. when he was approached by a woman who started to flirt with him.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, a man appeared and pulled out a tire iron, ordering the victim to hand over his wallet, according to the Auburn Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Responding quickly, the victim was able to reach a hammer that was inside his nearby truck.<\/p>\n

As the confrontation escalated, the male suspect dropped the tire iron and pulled out a knife<\/a>. The victim, sensing danger, turned over his wallet.<\/p>\n

The two suspects quickly fled in a car. The victim wasn\u2019t injured.<\/p>\n

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Police were able to identify the suspects because they had presented IDs that were scanned by casino staff at the casino entrance. A surveillance camera in the garage also got a picture of the license plate on the couple\u2019s getaway car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The couple had tailed the man on the gaming floor after he won the money and the woman\u2019s flirting appeared to be part of the robbery scheme.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, officers charged the suspects, Tahiri C. Ponce, 31, of Winlock, Wash., and Arturo Alejandro Perez-Nava, 32, of Elma, Wash., with first-degree robbery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They were arrested at Tacoma, Washington\u2019s Emerald Queen Casino<\/a> on September 6. It wasn\u2019t clear if they were planning a similar scheme at that casino.<\/p>\n

Both remained in custody as of earlier this week. Bail for Ponce was set at $25K. Perez-Nava\u2019s bail was set at $250K. Ponce has confessed to her role in the Muckleshoot casino robbery, police said.<\/p>\n

The casino is located about 30 miles south of Seattle.<\/p>\n

Prior Charges<\/h2>\n

A records check by local police revealed that Ponce recently was convicted of burglary and theft, and is facing a pending assault case. Perez-Nava has a pending burglary and theft case, a report from Washington TV station KIRO<\/em> added.<\/p>\n

Those convictions and potential convictions could lead to more time in prison for both of the defendants.<\/p>\n

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A man and woman were apprehended recently for last month\u2019s holdup scheme of an unsuspecting winner at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort. Muckleshoot Casino Resort, pictured above. A casino winner was robbed by a man and woman in the property\u2019s parking garage. The two were arrested. (Image: Booking.com) The would-be victim won $1K at the Auburn,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}