Casino Surveillance Video Questions

Not sure where to post this so I posted it here. I am sorry if this is the wrong forum. If posting it some place else would be better please let me know where.

My car was stolen this summer. Twenty days later it was recovered by the California Highway Patrol. It had severe damage so the insurance company totaled it out. As I was going through the car before signing it over to the insurance company I found a cash out voucher from a casino about 40 miles from where the car was stolen.

I figure the car thief took the car to the casino and gambled. And knowing casinos have video cameras everywhere I believe there should be video of the thief driving the car into the casino and parking it. That would be enough for a felony possession of a stolen vehicle charge and most likely conviction.

My question is do casinos have cameras at the entrances that can read license plates? If so, do they record that in a database so a license plate number could be looked up? What about surveillance video cameras in the parking lots? I vaguely remember reading a few years ago about a crime that occurred in a local casino in the parking lot and the casino had video of it. Also, how effective are the surveillance cameras at night? Th cash out voucher has a time stamp of 3:25 in the morning.

I sent a photo of the cash out voucher to the police and they didn’t even bother responding. I reported the car stolen to the police the day it was stolen and the case is still officially open, but the reality is they don’t investigate stolen cars unless it is part of a larger crime like murder.

Thank you for any help or advice you could provide to me to put the car thief behind bars for this crime.

You need to contact security at the casino in question.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mickeycrimm

You need to contact security at the casino in question.

---

Thanks for the responses. I did contact the casino. I have included the details in this post. And regarding the voucher the weird thing is it was for only 2 cents. Who saves a cashout voucher for 2 cents? But it gets weirder. I sent a picture of the cashout voucher to the casino the day I found it to see if they could tell me anything. I waited a few days and never heard anything so I called and was told the voucher belonged to an elderly woman. That seems weird along with the voucher having a time of 3:25 AM. My guess is that the thief and his buddies were going around the casino looking for anything of possible value after they lost their money gambling and picked up a bunch of cashout vouchers including this worthless one.

Since the cops will do nothing and the casino has cooperated so far, I sent the casino an email with the details of the car theft and photos of my car including one with the license plate number. I also told them I would send them a copy of the registration and the police report to prove it is my car and it was stolen.

I also told them I sent a picture of the cashout voucher to the police and they haven’t bothered responding. (That was over a couple weeks ago.) I told them the police don’t investigate stolen cars unless it is part of a larger crime like murder so the cooperation of the casino is my only hope for justice in this case.

I also sent the casino a picture of the suspected thief. It turns out a day after the date on the cashout voucher the car was involved in a chase with the police but the driver got away. There was a passenger in the car who was apprehended but not charged with anything. He identified the driver who it turns out has been convicted of car theft 6 times. The police didn’t consider his statement enough to press charges. I got the driver’s name and found his mug shot and sent it to the casino along with the other information. Do the casinos have facial recognition software? I would think they do.

So far I all I know is that the casino got what I sent them and they said they will get back to me but I have heard nothing yet. I just want to know what are the odds they would have the video I need. I think if the odds are high I could get my city council member to ask the police to investigate even if the casino does not cooperate further with me.

Since you said it was found by CHP, I’m assuming the casino is in California. Which means Indian casino, which means good luck getting any help out of them.

Sorry this happened to you but if you got your insurance money, move on. Sure you want to see the scum busted but as you said, the police really don’t care about theft, especially in CA.

You need to look into grabbing sperm samples from the back seat and making sure your exgf wasn't involved with the grand theft auto. The Native Americans can do a spirit ritual to test if the culprit leaked out of your former lover. Boz can probably help smell test to see if it is indeed Puerto Rican.