King County Sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help to ID a man who crawled into the office of a casino and stole more than
$13,000 in cash out of the safe.
"The manager had put all of the cash from the tills into the safe and he did not lock the safe. He then left the office, closed the safe,
didn't lock and then walked to talk to some people on the floor," said
King County Sheriff's Sgt. Ryan Abbott.
casino affiliate programSurveillance video shows the suspect drop down to all fours and crawl behind the counter into the office of the casino on Aurora Avenue North
on September 27th between 10 and 11 p.m. "How he knew the safe was
unlocked at that time, it was probably just luck on his part. It was a
freak thing. He was going in to check on it anyway and low and behold,
it was actually unlocked," said Sgt. Abbott.
Detectives say the manager didn't realize the money had been stolen until later when he went back to lock the safe. "I'm sure he just
thought he was gonna leave for a minute and be right back, but it just
took that split second for this guy to crawl in, take the money and
crawl back out and leave," said Sgt. Abbott. Employees say the man had
been seen in the casino for the last three weeks, but nobody knew his
name.
"We want to catch this guy bad. He stole a large sum of money here and most likely he's looking for his next target to get some more money
and figure out where else he can hit, so the hope is that somebody
recognizes him, knows who this guy is and can call in an anonymous tip
so that we can go grab him and put him behind bars," said Sgt. Abbot.
