Magic Diamond On line casino Patron Strangled in Restroom, Money Stolen
- Suspect allegedly strangled a on line casino patron with a charging cable, stole money
- Deputies used video and interviews; discovered jacket with meth syringe
- Police say suspect admitted theft; booked into Gallatin County jail
A Belgrade, Mont. man was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of robbing and strangling a gambler in a restroom on the Magic Diamond On line casino in Belgrade, about 10 miles west of Bozeman.
The Magic Diamond On line casino in Belgrade, Mont., the place a gambler was attacked Sunday and strangled with a charging cable. Police have arrested 25-year-old Ayden Klompien. (Picture: KBZK)
Ayden Klompien, 25, allegedly adopted his sufferer into the restroom and wrapped a cellphone charging cable round his neck earlier than reaching into his entrance pocket and taking $1,500 to $1,700, in accordance with the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Workplace. The suspect then fled the scene.
Police have been referred to as to the on line casino at roughly 9:30 pm on Sunday, Captain Michael Van Meter stated. The sufferer instructed deputies that previous to the assault, he had met three males whereas playing on the on line casino. Since his luck had been good, he gave them $20 every to spend on slot machines. A type of males was Klompien, in accordance with the Sheriff’s Workplace.
Meth Needle Discovered
The sufferer described the suspect as a blond-haired man of about 25 who was sporting blue denims. Deputies used witness interviews and surveillance footage to determine the suspect as Klompien, a person well-known to police.
Close by, deputies discovered a jacket that matched the one the suspect was sporting in surveillance footage. Contained in the jacket was a syringe with traces of methamphetamine on it, in accordance with courtroom paperwork.
Police situated Klompien later that evening on West Shore Drive in Belgrade, a few half-hour stroll west of the on line casino. Klompien had the money on him and admitted to robbing the on line casino patron, and to dumping his jacket with the syringe in it.
Prior Offenses
Klompien was arrested for theft and legal possession of harmful medicine, in accordance with courtroom paperwork. He’s at present being detained on the Gallatin County Detention Middle.
Klompien has prior convictions for driving offenses, in accordance with native information studies, and was arrested earlier this 12 months on suspicion of dealing methamphetamine.
When probation officers searched his residence, they discovered medicine, a digital scale, and dozens of small plastic baggage, in accordance with a Belgrade Information report on the time.
Police really useful that Klompien and his housemate every be prosecuted on a felony drug-dealing cost and a misdemeanor cost of possessing drug paraphernalia. District Court docket data associated to that case weren’t instantly accessible.
Whereas Captain Van Meter stated there hasn’t been a significant enhance in crime in and round Montana casinos, he added that gamblers ought to stay vigilant.
“Anytime you’re dealing with important portions of money in public, be very considered about the way you carry your self, your belongings, and your valuables,” he stated.
