Tuesday outside the Atlantic City Hilton Casino resort, holding a pellet gun and $10,500 in cash, still wrapped in a Hilton money wrapper, Lt. Herring first tried to stick up a teller at a cash advance window in the former Claridge casino, which is now part of Bally’s Atlantic City, Carey said. State Police set up surveillance points at several locations in the casino zone which they had staked out during the summer after nearly identical robberies at the Showboat Casino-Hotel, and Caesars Atlantic City. The Showboat reported a robber had taken $2,510 from their cash advance window in July, and Caesars reported a $20,000 robbery from their cash advance window in August, Carey said. read more

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