The woman, in custody for an hour and 28 minutes, had the handcuffs removed at 1:50 a.m. “Based on the conversations between the patron, the security officer and the Metro officer, it is clear that Fremont personnel did not have a correct understanding of what the evidence purportedly showed,” the filing says. When surveillance recordings were reviewed, it was determined that the arrested woman was innocent. The filing said, “the manner in which the security officers handled the arrest of (the patron) was unreasonable given the circumstances.” The woman was apprehended, handcuffed and taken to a holding room and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was called. The woman who cashed out found a casino security officer and told him her story, and the officer found the second woman playing a machine and grabbed her from behind. The one who cashed out accused the second woman of playing the machine after her while she still had $20 of credits. The four counts of the complaint allege unsuitable operations and violations of Regulation 5, for damaging the state’s reputation.Īccording to the narrative in the complaint, two women were separately playing slot machines at the Fremont and one of them cashed out and received a ticket. The Control Board, through the Attorney General’s Office, filed the complaint Sept. When Fremont security officers approached the woman, one officer grabbed her from behind, handcuffed her and led her off the floor to a holding room where she was interrogated.įremont managers later determined no theft had occurred.Ī Boyd Gaming spokesman on Tuesday had no comment on the incident. What started as a patron dispute escalated into an accusation of theft. Neither player was identified in the complaint. Unidentified security officers at the Fremont handcuffed and detained a woman who was gambling on slot machines at the property and was accused of stealing credits from another player who was on a nearby machine. The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday will consider disciplinary action against the property over the incident that occurred just after midnight Nov. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has filed a four-count complaint against Boyd Gaming Corp.’s downtown Las Vegas Fremont property over a botched investigation that resulted in a woman being detained for 90 minutes for something she didn’t do. (Elizabeth Page Brumley / Las Vegas Review-Journal) The Fremont Casino is seen on the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Monday, Sept.

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