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Florida Couple Robbed of Casino Winnings

A pleasurable night out playing the slots at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino turned tragic for an elderly couple in Sunrise, Florida. It was reported in CBS4 news that a pair of retirees were robbed of their cash winnings and credit cards after an evening spent spinning the reels of their favorite slot machines at the casino, which is located in the nearby city of Hollywood. The crime took place around two o’clock in the morning of Monday, January 19th. The pair had no sooner pulled into the driveway of their residence than they were ambushed by two male suspects brandishing weapons.

According to police records, the men made off with one hundred forty dollars in cash, which the seniors had won playing the slots at the casino as they whiled away time on that Sunday night. Several credit cards were also taken from their wallets by the thieves. Luckily, there may be a lead on the case. One of the pilfered credit cards was used to purchase fuel a short time after the crime was committed at a Citgo gas station located on Griffin Road in the nearby town of Dania Beach. Surveillance footage captured at the station shows two men who are currently suspects in the robbery.

The tape shows one man who appears to be of Hispanic heritage, aged somewhere between thirty and forty years, and between five feet eight inches and five feet eleven inches in height, wearing a blue shirt with short sleeves and buttons down the front. The other suspect in the slot machine cash robbery is an African American male of similar age and shorter height, with either a buzz cut or no hair.

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