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Bellagio bandit gets 3 to 11 years for chip heist

Oskar Garcia The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 1:42pm

Bellagio bandit gets 3 to 11 years for chip heist

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Eds: Corrects lowest chip denomination to $100; adds additional details, quote; minor edits.

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'Biker Bandit' charged in $1.5 million Bellagio heist pleads guilty

Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 6:05pm

LAS VEGAS -- The so-called Biker Bandit pleaded guilty here Tuesday to carrying out a movie-worthy heist at the Bellagio casino, in which the helmet-wearing thief waved a gun at a craps table, swiped $1.5 million in chips and escaped on a black motorcycle.

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Suspect in Bellagio robbery to stand trial on felony counts

Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 3:36pm

LAS VEGAS -- The man suspected of robbing the Bellagio casino of $1.5 million in gambling chips and later selling some to an undercover police officer will stand trial on multiple felony counts, a Las Vegas justice of the peace ruled Friday.

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Judge 'heartbroken' by son's arrest in Bellagio heist

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 4:27pm

LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas judge says he's "heartbroken" his 29-year-old son has been arrested in the brazen gunpoint robbery of $1.5 million in casino chips from the posh Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Arrest made in $1.5M Bellagio casino chip heist

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 2:29pm

LAS VEGAS -- Police have arrested a 29-year-old Las Vegas man in the brazen armed robbery of $1.5 million in casino chips from the posh Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas police said Anthony M. Carleo was the motorcycle-helmeted bandit who waved a gun, grabbed high-value casino chips and made off on a motorcycle before dawn Dec. 14. No shots were fired and no one was hurt. Police said then that they thought the same man robbed the Suncoast casino in northwest Las Vegas early Dec. 8.

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