Ocean's 3! Security guard is charged and two other men are wanted over theft of $1.7 million from an armored car outside Atlantic City's Bally's casino in brazen daylight heist that 'harks back to the 1930s'
A former security guard and two others stole more than $1.7million from an armored car parked outside an Atlantic City casino earlier this month according to authorities who described the heist as 'something out of the 1930s'.
Dante McCluney of Newark has been charged with burglary, theft and conspiracy in connection with the November 5 theft from an armored car parked outside Bally's casino, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner said Tuesday.
Two others who participated in the theft have been identified but are not yet in custody, the prosecutor said.
Officials say McCluney used to work for the armored car company as an armed guard, and used his insider knowledge to carry out the heist.
'This was a brazen burglary of an armored car on a public street in broad daylight,' Tyner said.
'Out of all the crimes I've seen committed in Atlantic County during my tenure, this incident harkened back to something out of the 1930s.'
Dante McCluney of Newark, New Jersey, was charged with burglary, theft and conspiracy in connection with the November 5 theft from an armored car parked outside Bally's casino in Atlantic City
Surveillance footage from just outside the casino allegedly showed McCluney and two other men steal $1.7million in cash from an armored truck
The vehicle was owned by Rapid Armored Corporation of Brooklyn, New York.
Video surveillance footage from the casino revealed three men entering the vehicle and removing what appeared to be bags of cash.
The suspects then got into a gray Hyundai sedan and drove away.
McCluney was previously employed by Rapid Armored as an armed guard where he worked the run that serviced Bally's and became familiar with its timing and procedures, the prosecutor said.
Two employees of the armored car company identified McCluney from other video footage shot from the Boardwalk that shows him and the two others driving up in the same Hyundai, parking near the armored car and walking toward it.
The truck (like the one seen in the above stock image) belonged to Brooklyn, New York-based Rapid Armored Corporation, where McCluney once worked
Authorities said McCluney knew the timing and the route which the truck used to service Bally's
'This was a brazen burglary of an armored car on a public street in broad daylight,' Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner said. McCluney is pictured above
An initial court hearing was held Tuesday and McCluney was being held at the Atlantic County Jail.
It could not immediately be determined if he has hired an attorney. The prosecutor's office said it did not know, and a message left with the court was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Caesars Entertainment, which owned Bally's at the time of the theft but has since sold it, declined to comment.
An investigation is continuing, and authorities are searching for the two other suspects.
Post a Comment