A poker subordinate says helium was hog-tied and robbed of his World Series of Poker winnings aft returning to a Las Vegas Airbnb past week.
Jared Griener told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that helium returned to his rental location astatine astir 8 p.m. July 12, aft withdrawing astir $60,000 from his WSOP account.
As soon arsenic Griener entered the doorway codification and walked done the beforehand door, 2 men who were already wrong tackled him to the ground, helium said.
“They were wrong the location waiting for me. There was nary motion of a break-in,” Griener said successful an interrogation connected Monday, adding that the doorway was locked erstwhile helium near the Airbnb earlier that day.
The 2 men past instantly pulled Griener’s cellphone retired of his pouch and demanded to cognize wherever his backpack was portion threatening to termination him, helium said.
Griener, a nonrecreational poker subordinate from Huntington Beach, California, has earned much than $3.3 cardinal done assorted poker tourney winnings, according to The Hendon Mob database. He has won a WSOP Circuit ringing and has recorded much than 109 cashes successful WSOP events, according to WSOP.
Griener said helium told the men that the backpack was successful his car. The backpack, helium said, contained astir $60,000 successful cash, on with sunglasses, headphones, a telephone charger and different idiosyncratic belongings.
“I begged them to instrumentality immoderate they wanted and permission and to delight fto maine live,” helium said successful a societal media station past week.
The men took his car keys to retrieve the backpack from his conveyance but did not bargain the vehicle, helium said. He added that the men near his telephone successful the location aft they took it from him.
After Griener revealed the determination of the backpack, the men moved him to the rental home’s surviving room, wherever they utilized duct portion they recovered wrong the location to hog-tie him, helium said. The men taped his wrists down his back, bound his ankles unneurotic and attached them to his wrists, Griener said.
Then, aft respective minutes of silence, Griener concluded that the men had apt left, managed to escaped himself, and ran barefoot to neighboring homes, seeking help.
“I was truthful acrophobic that they were inactive astatine the house, truthful I conscionable sprinted extracurricular and banged connected the neighbor’s doorway who looked similar they were home,” helium said. “They didn’t answer.”
A antithetic neighbour yet called 911 aft seeing Griener, who was inactive partially bound with duct tape, extracurricular the home, helium said.
Griener said helium deed his look connected the level erstwhile helium was tackled and experienced immoderate soreness afterward but did not necessitate aesculapian treatment. Paramedics, helium said, helped him region immoderate of the remaining duct portion from his limb astatine the scene.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers processed the location for evidence, and Griener said detectives collected fingerprints earlier allowing him backmost wrong respective hours later.
A targeted robbery
Griener said helium believes the robbery was targeted due to the fact that the men seemed to cognize his docket and appeared to cognize helium had precocious cashed retired his tourney winnings.
“They were specifically looking for me,” Griener said.
Metro officials confirmed officers responded to a reported robbery connected July 12 successful the 1400 artifact of Crystal Isle Way. The probe remains ongoing, and nary arrests had been made arsenic of Monday, officials said successful a statement.
Police did not merchandise further details astir the investigation, oregon reply further questions.
Airbnb spokesperson Aaron Swor said the institution is alert of the incident.
“Safety is simply a apical precedence for us, and portion incidents are rare, we instrumentality them seriously,” Swor said successful a statement. “We afloat refunded the impermanent for their enactment and basal acceptable to enactment the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department successful their ongoing investigation.”
Swor said Griener has not filed a assertion done Airbnb’s big liability security programme for the stolen property, adding that Airbnb provided Griener with a afloat refund for his stay, which Griener confirmed.
Airbnb did not respond to a question astir whether the listing remains active, oregon accidental however the suspects whitethorn person entered the property.
Contact Lucas Hellberg astatine lhellberg@reviewjournal.com.
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