KLAS<\/em> reported. He tried to steal her purse, but she wouldn’t let it go. He then punched her in the head and pushed her to the pavement, police said.<\/p>\nWhile she was on the floor, he repeatedly punched her three or four times. He then fled with both a Gucci purse and a Louis Vuitton purse, $1,000 cash, and credit cards.<\/p>\n
In another incident on July 1, a woman on a bench outside the casino had her purse stolen by a suspect. She fell to the pavement, and he ran off with the Fendi purse containing three bank cards and about $5K in cash. Then on July 12, a woman was attempting to walk across the street outside the casino when a suspect grabbed her purse and cell phone. She fell to the ground and hurt her leg.<\/p>\n
A series of similar incidents took place between June 29 and July 23, with multiple other women having their purses stolen while walking near the casino or its parking garage. Surveillance cameras captured video of the suspect robbing and attacking many of the victims, the Review-Journal<\/em> reported.<\/p>\nSteward later explained to police he was committing the robberies because he needed money to cover costs for his fiance and children, the report added. He reportedly also wrote a letter in which he apologized to the victims.<\/p>\n
Be Alert<\/h2>\n
After Asian workers and players were robbed at Philadelphia\u2019s Rivers Casino<\/a> in 2020, Philadelphia Councilmember David Oh, an Asian American, told WPVI<\/em> TV, \u201cAsian Americans, like other groups of Americans, are often seen as easy victims, so it\u2019s good to be alert and careful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was arrested recently for allegedly repeatedly robbing elderly Asian women at or close to Las Vegas\u2019s Gold Coast Hotel and Casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":283725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[87348,13766,23,84275],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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