Bellagio Casino “Biker Bandit” in Court.
Anthony Michael Carleo made his first court appearance Monday since being taken into custody. He was not asked to enter pleas on six charges, including armed robbery, assault, burglary and carrying a concealed weapon. Surveillance video from the Dec. 14 heist shows a motorcycle helmet-wearing robber brandishing a gun and running from the Bellagio, in a successful heist at the casino. More on the Bellagio Biker Bandit’s crime here.
About $1.2 million of the loot has been accounted for, police said.
Carleo was arrested after an undercover police officer bought stolen chips and invited Carleo to be part of a crew that would rob Las Vegas casinos, according to the arrest report. Carleo lost about $105,000 of the money he allegedly stole gambling at the Bellagio over the next month, according to a police arrest report.
Carleo lost $73,000 gambling at the resort on New Year’s Eve, police said, and spent a week at the Bellagio casino in late January.