Casino Owners Not Only Robbers At Slots Parlors

Kevin Houck was charged the other day for allegedly seeing a woman hit a $1,000 jackpot at the Philadelphia Park Casino, then slammed her to the ground and stole her purse, which contained the winnings.

He might not have been caught if he didn’t return Sunday to the casino wearing the same exact jacket he wore when he robbed the Middletown woman. Yes, he returned to the scene of the crime, perhaps not knowing casinos have a ton of cameras, lest anyone steal from anyone important, i.e. the casino.

The security team noticed Houck and had him arrested. Fortunately, Bensalem detective Christopher McMullin says this isn’t going to become a trend:

“I don’t think it’s going to be open season on gamblers. The security is really tight over there. The video is so good that we wouldn’t let them get away with it…. The parking lot is safe. They have their own security over there. This guy had a little too much booze and drugs in his system. It was a crime of opportunity.”

Well, it is open season on gamblers, but it’s the casino who’s doing that thievery and the gamblers who are throwing their money away. But there aren’t any slot machines in the parking lot, so it’s pretty safe there.

Man charged with casino mugging [Bucks County Courier Times]