LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on a smash-and-grab robbery during the weekend at a luxury watch and jewelry store at the Bellagio casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local):
4:45 p.m.
Authorities are identifying a 20-year-old man who was believed to have worn a pig mask during a weekend smash-and-grab burglary at a luxury watch and jewelry store at the Bellagio casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
Records show that Sebastian Gonzalez was being held Monday at the Clark County jail pending a court appearance Wednesday on felony conspiracy, burglary, attempted robbery and weapon charges. Gonzalez is expected to have an attorney appointed to represent him at that time.
Officer Laura Meltzer says Gonzalez was believed to have worn the pig mask during the break-in and burglary a little before 1 a.m. Saturday.
He was arrested in a casino parking garage, while three other male suspects fled after police say one pointed what appeared to be a handgun.
Meltzer says one wore a white cat mask and another wore a panda mask.
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2:15 p.m.
Police aren’t immediately identifying a man arrested while at least two other masked suspects escaped following a weekend smash-and-grab burglary at a luxury watch and jewelry store at the Bellagio casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
Officer Larry Hadfield said Monday that police are withholding the man’s name while they try to locate as many as three other male suspects who may have been involved in the heist a little before 1 a.m. Saturday.
Authorities say no one was injured in the robbery at the Tesorini store, which was closed at the time.
Hadfield says initial reports of gunshots appeared to stem from people misinterpreting the sharp sound of hammers shattering glass jewelry cases.
Investigators are reviewing casino security video that Hadfield says is not being made public.
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