Bandit robs driver, 7 on casino shuttle
8/27/2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A man wearing a bandanna mask and carrying a silver revolver stepped aboard a casino shuttle bus and robbed seven elderly passengers and the driver in what police are calling "the stagecoach robbery."
The Ramblin' Express had made the 20-mile trip to Colorado Springs from Cripple Creek late Thursday when the man got on and told the riders and driver they could keep their wedding rings but demanded their other valuables, police said.
He fled, and police dogs could not pick up his trail.
Sgt. Scott Schwall would not say how much money was taken or if any of the passengers had won big at the casinos that night.
Passengers waiting for the bus at the same stop Friday afternoon were unconcerned about safety. "I guess it's not going to happen to me," said Toni Blackwell. "First time it happened, so it's probably the last." |
