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The largest casino heist in Colorado history happened as the clocks sprung forward earlier this month. Investigators said early the morning Daylight Saving Time began, a cashier walked out of the Monarch Casino with $500,000 in cash.
At 12:45 in the morning on March 12, cashier Sabrina Eddy, 44, was captured on video reaching into the vault of the casino's cage and grabbing bricks of $50,000 each, a Division of Gaming investigator said in an affidavit.
"Each time Eddy grabbed the stacks, she placed the stacks into the same box," the affidavit said. "She put what appeared to be clearing rags in the box and, at about 12:55 am, she taped the box shut."
The affidavit said Eddy walked out of the casino cage to the parking garage, got into a gold minivan and drove off. She returned an hour later, investigators said and grabbed four more bricks of bills — for a total of half a million dollars in all — before driving off again.
