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Police Say Suspect Had 27 Stolen $5,000 Chips
By RICHARD LEZIN JONES
Bronx (NYC)
The authorities are trying to determine how a man arrested Saturday in Midtown for promoting prostitution acquired $135,000 worth of gambling chips they believed were stolen from an Atlantic City casino.
The man, Brian Bradley, 25, was arrested Saturday night, officials said.
The police began looking for him after questioning two girls — one 13, the other 15 — who were picked up in a sweep of prostitutes in the Bronx. The police said that the girls told them that Mr. Bradley, who lives at 515 West 145th Street, in Harlem, had forced them into prostitution.
Mr. Bradley, was arrested at the Internet Cafe on 42nd Street near Seventh Avenue on Saturday, and was charged with promoting prostitution and with raping the two girls.
The police said that when Mr. Bradley was arrested, he had 27 $5,000 chips from the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Kerry Hand, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said that thousands of dollars in chips were stolen from one of the casino's blackjack tables last Tuesday morning. The State Police have not said how much was taken.
The robbery at the Taj Mahal followed a similar theft at the Caesars Atlantic City casino Feb. 6 when, the authorities said, a man stole more than $20,000 worth of gambling chips from a blackjack table. A suspect, Bradley Vick, 25, of Queens, was arrested two days later after a friend, Chantel Cordrey, 19, of the Bronx, tried to cash in $1,500 worth of the chips at a Caesars cashier's window, the authorities said.
Mr. Vick was arrested in a motel in Elizabeth, N.J., where the police said they recovered about $15,000 in stolen chips. He was charged with unlawful taking and faces five years in prison if convicted.
By RICHARD LEZIN JONES
Bronx (NYC)
The authorities are trying to determine how a man arrested Saturday in Midtown for promoting prostitution acquired $135,000 worth of gambling chips they believed were stolen from an Atlantic City casino.
The man, Brian Bradley, 25, was arrested Saturday night, officials said.
The police began looking for him after questioning two girls — one 13, the other 15 — who were picked up in a sweep of prostitutes in the Bronx. The police said that the girls told them that Mr. Bradley, who lives at 515 West 145th Street, in Harlem, had forced them into prostitution.
Mr. Bradley, was arrested at the Internet Cafe on 42nd Street near Seventh Avenue on Saturday, and was charged with promoting prostitution and with raping the two girls.
The police said that when Mr. Bradley was arrested, he had 27 $5,000 chips from the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Kerry Hand, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said that thousands of dollars in chips were stolen from one of the casino's blackjack tables last Tuesday morning. The State Police have not said how much was taken.
The robbery at the Taj Mahal followed a similar theft at the Caesars Atlantic City casino Feb. 6 when, the authorities said, a man stole more than $20,000 worth of gambling chips from a blackjack table. A suspect, Bradley Vick, 25, of Queens, was arrested two days later after a friend, Chantel Cordrey, 19, of the Bronx, tried to cash in $1,500 worth of the chips at a Caesars cashier's window, the authorities said.
Mr. Vick was arrested in a motel in Elizabeth, N.J., where the police said they recovered about $15,000 in stolen chips. He was charged with unlawful taking and faces five years in prison if convicted.