{"id":170832,"date":"2021-04-16T13:16:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=170832"},"modified":"2021-04-16T13:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:49:57","slug":"pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Sees Elderly Visitor Allegedly Attack State Trooper"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 68-year-old casino-goer allegedly bit a state trooper\u2019s hand at Pennsylvania’s Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Rui Y. Li, also allegedly spit throughout the trooper\u2019s office in the gaming property.<\/p>\n

\"Wind
A sign for Wind Creek Bethlehem casino, shown here. The Pennsylvania gaming property was the site of an unruly 68-year-old woman who allegedly bit a state trooper. (Image: The Morning Call<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier, she allegedly hit a female casino security officer several times. It was then that the trooper intervened and attempted to place handcuffs on Li. But Li resisted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Officials said they soon carried Li to the trooper\u2019s office. Eventually, state police put extra restraints on the woman.<\/p>\n

Li was charged with several offenses, WFMZ, a local TV station in Pennsylvania, reported. These include criminal trespass, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, and harassment.<\/p>\n

Before the trooper was bit, the officer saw the security officer attempting to lead Li on the casino floor.<\/p>\n

Suspect Allegedly Refused to Leave Casino<\/h2>\n

Security officers complained Li \u00a0was \u201cunwilling to leave.\u201d She was asked to do so several times.<\/p>\n

The casino employed a translator so Li would understand the casino\u2019s concerns. Earlier, she showed inappropriate behavior, casino security officers said. It was unclear what she had done to initially prompt her ejection from the casino.<\/p>\n

Following her arrest, Li appeared in local court. Bethlehem District Magisterial Judge Roy A. Manwaring set bail at $25,000. Unable to post bail, late this week she remained in custody at Northampton County Prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is scheduled to return to court on April 28. On that day, Li is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing on the case, WFMZ said.<\/p>\n

Prior Casino Incident<\/h2>\n

In an unrelated incident, a Bethlehem, Penn. man was sentenced in January to at least 12 years in state prison in connection with the kidnapping and holdup of a senior citizen at the casino.<\/p>\n

Hykeem Sessoms<\/a>, 39, allegedly stole $7 after terrorizing the victim. At the time, she was 84 years old.<\/p>\n

The incident took place in December 2019. Sessoms followed the woman out of the casino. She was there on Senior Day.<\/p>\n

Senior citizens on that day take part in a prize draw. They can receive $500 worth of slots play for free.<\/p>\n

The victim had cashed out. She then walked to the casino\u2019s third-floor garage, where her car was parked.<\/p>\n

Sessoms snuck up behind her, police said. He claimed to have a firearm, police add. He allegedly threatened to kill the woman unless she handed over money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sessoms then allegedly kicked her shin. She slumped and fell into the car from the painful assault.<\/p>\n

Sessoms sat in the car, too. He demanded that she drive. Soon, he was repeatedly hitting her on the side of the head, police said. Later, he stole $7 from her purse and fled, police said.<\/p>\n

But Sessoms\u2019 sentencing was not the end of the case.<\/p>\n

The victim, later identified as Jean Hartranft<\/a>, and her husband, Richard, have filed a negligent lawsuit against Wind Creek.<\/p>\n

Grounds for the suit are that its employees should have stopped the robbery and assault with appropriate security and surveillance practices, they claim.<\/p>\n

Instead, the casino later offered them a \u201cfree dinner as a proposed remedy,\u201d according to Pennsylvania\u2019s The Morning Call<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n

\n

Over a year after the ordeal, Jean Hartranft continues to need counseling for the trauma. She now \u201clives in constant fear, rarely leaves her home, and often has flashbacks of the attack,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 68-year-old casino-goer allegedly bit a state trooper\u2019s hand at Pennsylvania’s Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Rui Y. Li, also allegedly spit throughout the trooper\u2019s office in the gaming property. Earlier, she allegedly hit a female casino security officer several times. It was then that the trooper intervened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":170835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Visitor, 68, Bit State Trooper, Cops Say<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 68-year-old woman allegedly bit a state trooper at Pennsylvania's Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest. The suspect also allegedly spit.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Visitor, 68, Bit State Trooper, Cops Say\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 68-year-old woman allegedly bit a state trooper at Pennsylvania's Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest. The suspect also allegedly spit.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-16T20:16:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-16T20:49:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/\",\"name\":\"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Visitor, 68, Bit State Trooper, Cops Say\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-16T20:16:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-16T20:49:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"A 68-year-old woman allegedly bit a state trooper at Pennsylvania's Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest. The suspect also allegedly spit.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Sees Elderly Visitor Allegedly Attack State Trooper\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Visitor, 68, Bit State Trooper, Cops Say","description":"A 68-year-old woman allegedly bit a state trooper at Pennsylvania's Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest. The suspect also allegedly spit.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Visitor, 68, Bit State Trooper, Cops Say","og_description":"A 68-year-old woman allegedly bit a state trooper at Pennsylvania's Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest. The suspect also allegedly spit.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2021-04-16T20:16:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-04-16T20:49:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/","name":"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Visitor, 68, Bit State Trooper, Cops Say","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-16T20:16:37+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-16T20:49:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"A 68-year-old woman allegedly bit a state trooper at Pennsylvania's Wind Creek Bethlehem during her arrest. The suspect also allegedly spit.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wind-creek2.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-wind-creek-casino-senior-citizen-visitor-allegedly-bit-state-trooper-repeatedly-spit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pennsylvania\u2019s Wind Creek Casino Sees Elderly Visitor Allegedly Attack State Trooper"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}