During the Rio robbery, Rogers allegedly threatened to shoot sportsbook staff unless they relinquished the cash.<\/p>\n
He then allegedly shoved a female sports book employee, who fell to the floor and allegedly repeated the threat after fleeing the building and being confronted by security near the casino\u2019s parking garage.<\/p>\n
Are you willing to be shot over this? I\u2019m going to shoot you! Go ahead and shoot me now,\u201d<\/strong> he said, according to a police report cited by KSNV.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSecurity guards wrestled the gun from Rogers and tackled him onto the pavement.<\/p>\n
Brother to Testify<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe trial is expected to hear testimony from Rogers\u2019 brother, Josiah Rogers, who identified the defendant from security video of the first two robberies. Caleb Rogers is accused of using Josiah\u2019s car in one of the heists, later telling him to get rid of it.<\/p>\n
In return for his testimony, Josiah Rogers has been granted immunity from prosecution.<\/strong><\/p>\nCaleb Rogers remains employed by LVMPD but is on unpaid leave pending the criminal case’s outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The trial of Las Vegas police officer Caleb Rogers, accused of robbing three casinos with his department-issued revolver, kicks\u00a0off in a federal court Monday. Prosecutors say Rogers stole nearly $165K during the series of heists at the Red Rock, the Aliante, and the Rio sportsbook. The seven-year Las Vegas Metro Police Department veteran was tackled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":280583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[87029,23,82203],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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