{"id":23501,"date":"2012-10-22T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T22:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=23501"},"modified":"2012-10-22T19:44:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T02:44:24","slug":"palmdale-man-wanted-in-vegas-casino-chip-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/10\/22\/palmdale-man-wanted-in-vegas-casino-chip-heist\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale man wanted in Vegas casino chip heist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This photo of Akingide Cole was taken with casino security cameras shortly before 6 a.m. on Oct. 10. Las Vegas police said the 31-year-old Palmdale man went into a restricted area of the Venetian Casino and snatched $1.6 million in high-denomination chips.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>LAS VEGAS \u2013 Las Vegas detectives are looking for a 31-year-old Palmdale man accused of sneaking into a restricted area of a Las Vegas casino and stealing $1.6 million in high-denomination casino chips.<\/p>\n

Akingide Cole<\/strong> is wanted on suspicion of burglary, grand larceny, and unlawful possession of burglary tools in connection with an incident that occurred on October 10, shortly after 6 a.m., at the Venetian Casino, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department\u2019s Tourist Crimes Unit.<\/p>\n

The preliminary investigation indicates that Cole was able to gain access into a closed area of the casino from which he removed chips of various values.<\/p>\n

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A booking photo of Akingide Cole from a previous arrest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were no weapons involved in the crime, and no confrontation occurred between Cole and others during the incident, police said.<\/p>\n

Cole is described as a light-skinned black male, approximately six feet tall and weighing about 225 pounds. He is further described as having short dark hair worn in a semi-mohawk style and a dark goatee.<\/p>\n

Cole also has a large fibrous growth on his left earlobe. He was last seen wearing glasses, a black shirt with a green print tie, blue jeans and a grey jacket.<\/p>\n

Anyone with any information about this crime or the whereabouts of Akingide Cole<\/strong> is asked to call the LVMPD Tourist Crimes Unit at 702-828-3204 or visit www.crimestoppersofnv.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unlikely that the thief will be able to redeem the high-value chips, because licensees generally know who their customers are, a spokesman for the Nevada Gaming Control Board told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS \u2013 Las Vegas detectives are looking for a 31-year-old Palmdale man accused of sneaking into a restricted area of a Las Vegas casino and stealing $1.6 million in high-denomination casino chips. Akingide Cole is wanted on suspicion of burglary, grand larceny, and unlawful possession of burglary tools in connection with an incident that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}