A person accused in a record-setting $500K larceny from Monarch On line casino Resort and Spa in Black Hawk, Colo. entered a responsible plea final week after a plea deal.
Monarch On line casino Resort and Spa, pictured above. The Black Hawk, Colo. on line casino was the location of a theft. (Picture: Monarch On line casino)
Juan Ivan Gutierrez Zambrano, 32, pled responsible to 2 counts of prison mischief in Gilpin County District Court docket on Friday, based on the Denver Put up. He will probably be sentenced on April 12.
Zambrano was initially charged with two counts of theft of between $100K and $1 million however these costs had been dropped.
Previously of Mexico, he might be deported after the responsible plea.
Zambrano was given the cash in change for receiving packing containers full of stolen money.
One other defendant in final 12 months’s case, Sabrina Eddy, 45, is scheduled to go on trial in August. Eddy was charged with two counts of theft.
Eddy, a cage cashier, allegedly put 10, $50K stacks of money into packing containers, lined them with rags, and sealed the packing containers.
Eddy then drove the cash in a minivan to a St. Anthony Hospital car parking zone and gave the loot to Zambrano.
Eddy initially mentioned she was following orders from a supervisor. She claimed that two males informed her by way of a telephone name and thru texts to gather $300K and take it to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colo. after issues arose with a UPS order.
When she returned, Eddy claims she obtained one other textual content to carry $200K to a person. Eddy complied with that request, as effectively. However when Eddy took a polygraph, it confirmed she was mendacity.
Eddy then mentioned acquaintances of her deceased ex-husband “pressured her to interact within the theft after levying threats in opposition to her relations,” based on the Put up.
A 3rd suspect concerned within the plot is on the lam.
It was the most important on line casino theft within the historical past of Colorado.
Meth Suspect Ran from Cops
A suspect fled from California’s Black Oak On line casino on March 4 after he allegedly stole money and later tossed out suspected medication.
The money was swiped from a automotive on the on line casino. Christopher Miller, 26, of California, ran from the on line casino after deputies approached him.
Throughout a chase, Miller discarded a half-pound of methamphetamine (meth). Police didn’t launch a price on the medication.
Miller was charged with transporting a managed substance on the market. His bail was set at $50K.
