PHILIPSBURG--Jump-Up Casino is offering US $2,000 for any person with information that may lead to the arrest of two persons responsible for attempting to rob the casino on June 6. The announcement was made via the Police Communications Department on Friday.
Three armed men stormed into the casino on June 6, brandishing a least two firearms. Two workers of the casino were shot and seriously wounded.
The man who shot these two workers engaged directly thereafter in an exchange of gunfire with an off-duty policeman, was shot and died in the casino moments afterward. The two other men involved in the robbery managed to escape, leaving the dead third culprit behind.
Jump-Up Casino management, seeing the seriousness of the crime and the importance of having the other two culprits of this robbery arrested and convicted, has found it fit to come to the aid of the police by making a cash reward of $2,000 available to anyone who can provide reliable information that can lead the to arrest and conviction of the other culprits involved in this robbery.
Persons with information can call tel. +1-721-556-7498. The officer taking the calls on this telephone will guide callers through a process that has to be followed for them to give their information anonymously.
Jump-Up Casino management is appealing to anyone with reliable information to please come forward.
