Hat Trick! Las Vegas Police Nab Alleged Casino Robber From DNA

One alleged robber was using his head, and it cost him. Las Vegas Metro arrested D'Shante Styles for a spree of casino robberies and the thing police said linked him to the crimes was his cap.

You may remember the string of casino cage robberies that took place as early as last November. From Gold Coast to Palace Station, M Resort to Green Valley Ranch, Silverton Casino to Rampart, the robberies were happening one after the other. The savvy suspect likely scoped out the scene and found a way to run to areas outside of video surveillance to make his escape each time.

In two of the incidents, police allege Styles carjacked victims. In one of the incidents, Styles was spotted at M Resort with the stolen car. When police tried to apprehend him, he ran off and got away... but not without leaving something very important behind.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department found a hat at the apartment complex he stole the car from. That hat was the same hat worn by the robber at M Resort earlier in the day. That hat was swabbed, tested, and there was a DNA match... they found D'Shante Styles in their database and took him into custody this week.

Styles is looking at some major counts - 15 in total - with a half a million dollars bail.

If you learn anything living in Vegas long enough, you know you shouldn't "let it ride" too much. You can only "hit" so many times before you "bust". Now D'Shante is busted and will have his day in court on May 9th.

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It's been a busy month when it comes to casino cage robberies in Las Vegas.

In the early morning hours on Wednesday, November 9th, a man walked up to the cage at Resorts World. He showed the cashier a note demanding money, and that's exactly what he got. The cashier put an undisclosed amount of cash into a bag, he headed outside, hopped into a taxi and left. The taxi driver was later found but it was determined he didn't know anything about the robbery.

Then just yesterday, Wednesday, November 16th, a man walked into Gold Coast and robbed the cage. No word on how much he stole, but Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told 8 News Now the suspect in that case is "a black male adult wearing a white mask in black clothing."

The allure of staging a heist at a casino is too much for some to stand. Movies like Oceans Eleven romanticize the premise of pilfering millions from Las Vegas' richest businesses.

But in reality, it's among the craziest things someone could do. CityCenter (where Aria, Vdara and other properties are) alone has nearly 3,000 cameras. There isn't a corner of that property you could go undetected, and they aren't alone. Las Vegas is one of the most surveilled cities in the world!

Not all "heists" are illegal. The MIT Blackjack Team, who mastered the art of card counting, walked away with millions before the casinos realized what was going on. At the end of the day card counting isn't illegal, but casinos are well within their right to tell you your business is no longer welcome (and they did). Heck, even UFC President Dana White has been shown the door at several casinos for winning just a little bit too much.

But this isn't about the smart players. This is about the dumb criminals that got away with stupid money... but in nearly most cases, they didn't get away for long.

Not all heists happen at the cage. A convicted-but-freed murdered named Roberto Solis was, astoundingly, able to get a job working for the armored vehicle company Loomis. He'd drive around with untold fortunes in the back, refilling casino ATMs. Enter Roberto's boyfriend Heather Tallchief. She got in the truck and stole it from the Circus Circus lot in 1993, getting away with three million dollars. They left the country never to be seen again. At least Roberto did. Heather returned in 2005, turned herself in to authorities and supposedly only saw a sliver of the fortune. Roberto on the other hand has yet to be found.

This robbery had all the crazy twists and turns of a Hollywood movie. Back in 2010, a man parked his motorcycle at an entrance of the Bellagio. He walked in wearing his helmet, showed off his gun, and ran off with $1,500,000 worth of chips he swiped from a craps table. He got away on his bike. The guy was Anthony Michael Carleo, the son of a local judge! He'd stolen chips from the Suncoast just before that for $20,000. His lips got a little too loose and he was busted.

Another one of the rare "and he got away with it" stories. Back in 1992, a guy named Bill Brennan was in a trusted position at the now flattened Stardust. He was in charge of counting the money coming in at the sportsbook. He was looking at a cool half a million bucks. So what'd Bill do? He took those bills and just walked out. Poof. Vanished. He was on the FBI Most Wanted list for a while, but he never turned up, and when the Stardust vanished, so did his case.

It was an inside job. Back in 1992 (what was it with Stardust in 1992) a security guard tapped his kids to pretend to rob the place. They walked away with $150,000. Half a year later they were back at it, this time ransacking a security guard and walking away with a much larger purse: $1,100,000. They even used smoke bombs to disorient people and make their getaway. It was all fun and games until they were caught.

A former commando in the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Jose Vigoa walked into the Bellagio in 2000 on a string of crimes. He walked in wearing bulletproof gear, got a bag and stuffed it with casino chips totaling $160,000. He was captured shortly after the theft.

There are many people you'd suspect for a casino robbery. A Las Vegas Metro officer is not one of them. But that's exactly what happened about a year ago. Officer Caleb Rogers stole over $70,000 from the Red Rock in November 2021 brandishing his department-issued gun. A couple months later he hit the Aliante, stealing $11,500. Then a month after that, a robbery at the sportsbook at Rio. That was one stop too many. He was apprehended and is in custody.

Reginald Johnson is not a bright man. He walked into Treasure Island in July 2000 and robbed them. He did it again in October of 2000, shooting at guards while he did. The total take was around $30,000. But that wasn't enough for Reginald. Nope. He decided to go for thirds. The same casino. Two months later. He got captured and pled guilty.

It has been a constant merry-go-round of illness on Aimee+Shawn lately! Shawn had strep throat. Then he had brutal food poisoning. Aimee hasn't been fairing better and she's starting to feel sick too! What is going on? Regardless, there were some good shows in betwixt the illness, and we've created a compilation of the best bits right here!

Aimee was out the day after Easter, and Sammi stepped up to the plate, fresh off the Frontier Airlines flight from hell! Why she promises to never fly them again... except she did the next weekend. So much for that boycott.

Shawn's wife got bit by the neighbor's dog, which gave Sammi PTSD from her past dog biting incident, and it turns out several of our listeners have been on the wrong end of a dog's teeth.

When Aimee did get back from her Cali road trip, she had plenty to report on. Including the road trip itself. Turns out she has "rules of the road trip" with her husband. Essentially, he does the driving, she doesn't get to stop to pee, and everyone is happy.

Before Shawn got strep, his son got it. But if it wasn't for his mother's intuition, they may have never checked for strep at all. Why Shawn turned his car around and went back for the test.

Someone hit Aimee's car in the parking lot, and the conversation that followed was some of the most awe-inspiring stupidity she's ever heard. Why is the talk after a fender bender always so awkward?

All this week on the show... BLACKPINK! Ticket to see the KPOP phenoms when they come to Allegiant Stadium on August 18th, plus some ice cream from Bruster's too! We'll also have $1000 Stimmy Check keywords at 5am, 7am and 9am!

After this latest experience flying the discount airline, Sammi swears she'll never fly Frontier again. (Note: she flew them the following week, because discounts)

Jack Black's performance as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie is outstanding, and his rendition of "Peaches" is unreal. Shawn and Sammi talk about other actors singing in movies that did way better than they should.

After Shawn's wife was bitten by a dog over the weekend, Sammi was triggered by her dog bite story. Turns out A LOT of our listeners have had their run-ins with terror dogs too.

TikTok says their algorithm tracks what we like to watch. Well... some of us are very broken it turns out.

Aimee got schooled by her 4 year old on the name of a digging instrument he was using at the beach. Now her world is in a tailspin.

When COVID went down, both Shawn and Aimee's husband were readily spooked and prepared before the rest of society. Rations. Bows and arrows. Guns. Let the hunger games begin!

Aimee is back and fresh off a road trip to Southern California. We all have our "rules of the road trip" we must abide by to stop families from killing each other.

It's a brand we've all used constantly... in name. But we end up calling EVERYTHING Tupperware that really isn't. Now it could be going away. We talk about other big brands we've lost along the way.

Shawn brought his son to the doctor's office and put the kibosh on a strep test for his son who had a pretty good looking throat. But mom was confident her son had it... so Shawn turned back around and got the test. Guess what...

From fake news to gift card scams, we all know at least one person susceptible to the wild west of the internet.

Her dog got a taste of the good life, and when Aimee took her dog back... she realized her dog wasn't really pumped about it.

Whether it is a rambunctious husband or a crazy uncle, who's the person in your life you cringe bringing around others?

A trip to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie with the fam went off without a hitch, except for one kid in the theater...

Sure they may be young, but today's kids are way sharper than we give them credit for.

A relaxing little trip through Mount Charleston with Shawn's dad turned into a race against time to find a place for him to pee.

Why is it every time there is a fender bender, the conversation that follows is mind-numbingly stupid?

An absolute meltdown with both of Shawn's sons - while Shawn wasn't there - meant dad had to come down on the pair of terrors.

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