Casino Crime Round Up: Man Punches Officer at Louisiana Casino

Posted on: July 23, 2024, 04:10h. 

Last updated on: July 23, 2024, 04:10h.

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A man hurled a punch at a police officer Sunday night after an incident at a Shreveport, La. gaming property.

The suspect, Samuel Sanzel Parks, 33, of Shreveport, had been asked to leave the casino by security guards at about 11:45 p.m.

Local police arrived, and tried to calm Parks down. But that didn’t work and officers got into a struggle with Parks.

Eventually, he was apprehended. Then, he was charged with battery of a police officer, entering and remaining after being forbidden, and resisting an officer.

None of the officers was injured.

Parks was booked at Caddo Correctional Center. His bail was set at $22K.

The casino wasn’t named in local news reports, but police said it’s located on Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway, according to Louisiana TV station KSLA.

Car Passenger Injured at Ocean Casino

A man lost consciousness earlier this month after he was thrown off the hood of a car in the parking garage of Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort.

Initially, the man was seated inside the Nissan Altima. He got into an argument with the car’s driver, Delilah Roldan, 21, of Texas.

He then allegedly assaulted her. Soon, he got out of the car went onto the hood.

While Roldan sped through the garage, the victim was tossed off of the hood, police said.

The unnamed victim was critically injured. He suffered head injuries and also had internal bleeding. Fractures were seen on his skull, face, and ribs.

As of later in July, he had yet to regain consciousness. He’s believed to be intubated.

Officers apprehended Roldan at a local hotel, according to BreakingAC, a local news site.

She was charged with second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree assault by auto, and failure to report an accident with bodily injury. She also was charged with reckless driving, failure to observe a traffic signal, failure to possess a driver’s license, and failure to possess a registration.

On the same day, July 6, the same driver got into a two-car accident near the intersection of Pacific and Pennsylvania avenues in Atlantic City.

Roldan has appeared in court and was released from custody.

Her attorney, Yvonne Maher, objected to a photo of the bedridden victim to be presented in court.

“I don’t believe it’s relevant and nor do we have any explanation about what’s going on there,” Maher said to Judge Pam D’Arcy. “It’s inflammatory.”

D’Arcy did permit the photo to be allowed into evidence, but cautioned, “the court will give it the weight it deems appropriate.”

“This was a traumatic incident for her,” Maher further said in court about her client.

According to both my client and the discovery, he was the one who made the choice to jump on the hood of the vehicle,” Maher added in court. “This wasn’t a situation where she tried to mow him down or she was actively assaulting him.”

But Assistant Prosecutor John Larson argued Roldan “had numerous chances to report she had knowingly thrown someone from her vehicle” but she didn’t do so.