{"id":231415,"date":"2016-07-04T06:02:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=231415"},"modified":"2016-07-04T06:02:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T20:02:13","slug":"tip-leads-identification-suspect-robbery-2-poker-parlors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tip-leads-identification-suspect-robbery-2-poker-parlors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip leads to the identification of suspect in robbery at 2 poker parlors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dwight D. Lee Aldan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Crime Stoppers\u2019 tip led police to identify the suspect in daylight robberies of two poker establishments on Saipan during a four-day period.<\/p>\n

Crime Stoppers Program coordinator Jason Tarkong said yesterday that the tip led to the identification of Dwight D. Lee Aldan as the suspect in the poker machine break-in and theft at Martha\u2019s Store poker room in Garapan and at Sun Palace Hotel\u2019s poker room in Susupe.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said Aldan is at large and that law enforcement officers are hunting him down.<\/p>\n

Tarkong is seeking the public\u2019s help in locating Aldan.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio issued an arrest warrant against Aldan on Friday and set a $5,000 cash bail.<\/p>\n

Tarkong described Aldan as a 41-year-old Chamorro, 5\u20196\u201d tall, and has a mustache and may have a short goatee.<\/p>\n

The suspect was carrying a backpack with Under Armour brand in both incidents. Both incidents were caught by surveillance cameras.<\/p>\n

The suspect managed to get a poker machine\u2019s cash box containing $5,231 cash from Sun Palace Hotel\u2019s poker room in Susupe last June 25 at noon and over $30 in coins from Martha Retail Store\u2019s poker room in Garapan last Tuesday afternoon, June 28. <\/p>\n

Tarkong said in the Martha\u2019s Store case, the suspect was wearing a blue boonie\/bush hat with sunglasses on top of the hat, a gray hooded type sweater, checkered blue and gray shorts, and slippers.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said the suspect drove away in an old model white Toyota Corolla four door-sedan with tinted windows.<\/p>\n

In the Sun Palace Hotel\u2019s case, Saipan Tribune watched the video and observed the same suspect wearing the same boonie\/bush hat, checkered shorts, and slippers, and an Under Armour backpack.<\/p>\n

The only difference is that the suspect was wearing a gray T-shirt. Witnesses said the suspect also fled aboard a white car.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said the theft at Martha\u2019s Store\u2019s poker room was discovered when employees were searching for the poker machines\u2019 master key and could not find it.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said the store manager reviewed the video surveillance and discovered the crime.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said investigation showed that the suspect entered the store at 1:19pm and walked into the poker room. <\/p>\n

The suspect approached the poker attendant\u2019s counter and grabbed the key for the poker machines.<\/p>\n

The suspect then opened three poker machines, but managed to get only over $30 in coins as the cash boxes in the machines were locked. He, however, caused damage worth about $500 to one machine.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said the suspect walked out, purchased a drink from the store, and drove away aboard a white Toyota Corolla car. <\/p>\n

In the Susupe case, Sun Palace Hotel owner Shirley Kim told Saipan Tribune that the suspect came to the poker game room at 11:34am and pretended to be a customer.<\/p>\n

Kim said when the suspect was alone in the game room, he opened one of the machines using a tool and removed the cash box and put it in his backpack.<\/p>\n

The suspect, who was carrying a cell phone, then left at 12:26pm.<\/p>\n

Kim said they discovered the robbery when one customer called the front desk when he noticed that there was a problem with one machine as its wirings were out dangling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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