Las Vegas Hot Tub Encounter Ends in Theft Charges
Bastillepost · 1 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged two women in a theft case stemming from a tourist’s February night out at a nightclub and later at the ARIA Resort & Casino. The man told police he woke up to find cash missing and unauthorized transactions totaling more than US$32,000.
Key Points
- Police said the case began on February 24, when the man met one woman at Marquee Nightclub and returned with her to his room at ARIA Resort & Casino.
- Surveillance footage later showed a second woman joining them, and the man said the three used the hot tub, drank a bottle of red wine, and then went to sleep.
- The man told police he had consumed about 10 cocktails and could not remember how he got back to the hotel room.
- Hotel cameras recorded the two women leaving by taxi at 6:34 a.m.; the man woke around 9 a.m. and found US$1,200 in cash missing.
- He also reported US$9,113 in unauthorized Apple Pay transactions and a Wells Fargo transfer alert for US$23,400, bringing the claimed loss to more than US$32,000.
Why It Matters
The case has drawn renewed attention because prosecutors formally filed charges in August after police publicly released suspect images in March and later identified the women as Brenae Sandusky and Linda Green. Sandusky was charged with felony theft of property valued at US$25,000 to less than US$100,000, while Green was charged with felony theft of property valued at US$5,000 to less than US$25,000, and both now face arrest warrants.