“Are you willing to die over this?” Poutasi recalled the suspect yelling as more security guards arrived, piling on top of the robber in a fight for control of the weapon. She said he grabbed Dougherty by the shoulders “and threw her down” to the floor. On the stand, McGrath said she and her coworker, 63-year-old Priscilla Dougherty, were getting ready to open the sportsbook when a man in dark clothing jumped behind the counter, announcing he had a gun. These are “minor details which aren’t as conclusive as the government would like,” he said. In his opening statement Tuesday, he asked the jury to give less weight to what he called “so what?” evidence, like the color of the vehicles used in the robberies. Rogers’ attorney, Richard Pocker, has said the government’s evidence in the two robberies before the heist at the Rio is weak. A department spokesperson said last week that Rogers has been on unpaid leave “without police powers,” pending the outcome of the trial, which began Monday and is expected to last through the end of the week. Pearson could not be reached for comment Thursday.At the time of the heists, Rogers was employed by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as an active-duty patrol officer.

On his LinkedIn, Pearson notes he has “extensive knowledge, training, and experience in planning and opening Casinos’ Public Safety and Security Departments.” He was arrested Thursday morning, prosecutors said, and released on $100,000 bail.īefore being tapped as Adams’ informal public safety adviser, Pearson served on his transition team - and caught flack in January for suggesting a controversial idea of replacing NYPD officers at City Hall with less-trained civilian workers with guns, NBC reported. Slam, bam, thank you ma’am,” he said.īalkissoon said the duo could use pepper spray for the robbery, and even met up with the confidential informant Wednesday night to give him the weapon for the attack.

In/out no more than f–king twenty seconds. “Look at me every carefully - this is 99-100% doable. The heist would be easy, Balkissoon told the witness. You have a good f–king punch … Or get a f–king BB gun … I got a rifle home,” he said. A weapon was a good idea for the crime, Balkissoon stated, according to prosecutors.

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