Naked 'Terminator' arrested at casino

A man who ran naked through the Stateline casino core was subdued by a Taser on Tuesday before a group of “startled” children in the Harrah's Lake Tahoe casino arcade.

Sean Stanley Smith, 19, was jailed on charges of indecent exposure and resisting a peace officer.

He reportedly told officers he had ingested marijuana and LSD, and was running naked because he thought he was “the Terminator.”

A deputy patrolling the casino core at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday was waved down by a motorist who said there was a naked man running in front of the Marriott across the Nevada/California state line.The deputy, traveling west on Highway 50 in front of Harrah's, saw the naked suspect running in front of the Pony Express statue.

The suspect ignored the officer's command to stop and ran inside the casino.

The deputy grabbed his Taser and entered the casino with South Lake Tahoe police officers who had been searching for the suspect.

Smith reportedly ran into the arcade, startling the children who were playing video games.

The deputy deployed his Taser with a “touch stun” which failed to subdue the suspect. The second time, Smith went to the ground and was handcuffed.

Harrah's security provided bedsheets to cover Smith and he was taken to security in a wheelchair.

He reportedly told officers he had ingested marijuana and LSD.

Paramedics took Smith the Barton Memorial Hospital for treatment. He was issued a hospital gown and taken to Douglas County Jail.

Un homme cagoulé braque une supérette pour un butin de 4,42 euros
AFP 20.07.09 | 15h28

Un homme au visage masqué, armé d'un pistolet, a braqué samedi une supérette de Sedan (Ardennes) à l'heure de la fermeture pour emporter un butin de seulement 4,42 euros, a-t-on appris lundi de source judiciaire.

"L'homme cagoulé s'est présenté samedi soir au magasin et a pointé une arme vers la caissière qui, apeurée, a pris la fuite", a expliqué à l'AFP Daniel Bouriaud, le procureur de la République de Charleville-Mézières.
Faute de caissière pour lui remettre l'argent, le malfaiteur s'est saisi de la monnaie d'une cliente âgée qui réglait ses courses, soit 4,42 euros, avant de s'enfuir, rapporte le journal l'Union, dans son édition ardennaise datée de lundi.


"Le malfaiteur était attendu par au moins une personne dehors, ils ont pris la fuite dans une voiture repérée par des témoins", a précisé M. Bouriaud, soulignant l'amateurisme de l'opération.


Sur le plan juridique, "cette somme de 4,42 euros transforme la tentative en vol effectif avec arme", a souligné le magistrat.