Pig Mask Heist (Bellagio)

• 20-year-old Sebastian Gonzalez and accomplices wore pig, cat, and panda masks
• Targeted Tesarini jewelry store inside Bellagio with sledgehammers
• Store was closed but they broke in anyway
• Gonzalez put on guard duty, ditched mask and hid in parking garage when chaos unfolded
• Partners attempted carjacking when getaway car keys were missing
• Gonzalez caught, initially claimed no English, then confessed
• Claimed family threatened in Mexico, forced into heist
• Faces charges for robbery, burglary, and conspiracy

Bus Boy Arson (Las Vegas Hilton)

• February 10th, 1981 - Philip Klene, 23-year-old bus boy
• 8:00 PM - Discovered fire on 8th floor elevator lobby
• Initially treated as hero for alerting authorities and helping evacuate guests
• Fire consumed floors 8-13, $10 million in damages
• 8 people killed, 300+ injured including 48 firefighters
• Over 450 firefighters responded to inferno
• Investigation revealed 3 other minor blazes around hotel
• Klene failed polygraph, confessed after 2 hours questioning
• Truth: Shared joint with man named "Joe" who dropped it into curtain
• Charged with 8 counts murder, 1 count arson

Sportsbook Cashier Vanishing (Stardust)

• September 22nd, 1992 - Bill Brennan, 30-something sports book cashier
• Walked out with $500,000 in casino chips and cash
• Knew camera locations and security weak spots
• Disappeared completely, never found
• Trail went cold over months
• 2006 - Nevada officially dismissed case as unsolved when Stardust closed
• Required accomplice to launder/cash stolen chips
• Pre-RFID chip era made heist possible
• Legend persists in Vegas lore

Kidnapping of Mogul's Daughter (Steve Wynn)

• July 26th, 1993 - Kevin Wynn kidnapped from Spanish Trail gated community
• Kidnappers: Ray Cuddy and Jacob Sherwood
• Demanded $2.5 million ransom, threatened to release staged photos
• Steve Wynn negotiated with kidnapper "Voss" at Mirage Casino
• Carried $1.45 million in $100 bills in white plastic bag
• Cash drop at Spring Mountain bar parking lot
• Kevin found alive at McCarran International Airport in her black Audi
• Ray Cuddy: former circus performer/blackjack dealer/health club manager
• Caught trying to buy Ferrari in Newport Beach with ransom money
• Accomplices: Jacob Sherwood, Anthony Watkins (lookout), Spyro Kebell (getaway driver)
• Kebell turned state's evidence for reduced sentence
• Cuddy released from prison 2015

Hopper Family Heist (Stardust)

• 1992 - Jeff Hopper, 26-year-old, cocaine-addicted mastermind
• Target: $500,000 cash + $600,000 in checks from armored truck
• Team: Jeff, brother Bobby, friend Wes, father Royal Hopper
• Diversion: fake fight at pool, smoke bombs near slot machines
• Bobby used .45 caliber pistol, grabbed cash bags
• Escaped in two vehicles driven by Royal and Jeff
• Celebrated with bonfire party in Texas, burned checks and deeds
• Girlfriend Tina arrested on cocaine charge, cooperated with authorities
• Royal caught first, confessed everything
• Sentences: Royal 19 years, Bobby 14 years, Wes 10 years, Jeff 5 years (for cooperation)
• Jeff found religion in prison, became prison minister

Biker Bandit (Bellagio)

• 2010 - Tony Cario, 29-year-old, 4:00 AM Tuesday heist
• Warm-up: robbed Sun Coast Casino for $19,000 five days earlier
• Motorcycle parked at valet, dark coveralls, helmet, rubber gloves
• Waved to elderly female security guard who waved back
• Targeted High Limit Craps Table, stole $1.5 million in chips
• Knee injury slowed escape, threatened valet with gun
• Returned next night to play poker with previous heist money
• Mixed stolen $5,000 chips into play undetected
• Problem: $25,000 cranberry chips only for highest rollers
• Downfall: posted on online poker forum, emailed photo of stolen chips signed "biker bandit"
• IP traced to father Judge George Assad's home
• Caught in sting operation selling chips to undercover cop "Dominic" in Bellagio bathroom
• Sentenced to 9 years

Lady Heist (Loomis Armored Car)

• October 1st, 1993, 8:00 AM - Heather Tall Chief, 21 years old
• Stole Loomis armored van with $3.1 million cash at Circus Circus
• Accomplice: Roberto Solless, 48-year-old convicted murderer
• Met Solless in San Francisco, seduced through drugs and "sex magic"
• Solless had altar with goat's head, crystals, tarot cards
• Fled to warehouse, stuffed cash in luggage
• Zigzagged across US, eventually to St. Martin
• Lived internationally with fake identities for years
• Left Solless after son's birth, wanted normal life
• September 12th, 2005 - returned to LA as "Donna Eaton"
• September 15th, 2005 - surrendered to US Marshall's office Las Vegas
• Sentenced to 63 months federal prison
• Ordered to repay Loomis nearly $3 million