Iowa jackpot winner robbed after leaving casino; security footage leads to arrest at same casino the next day

Iowa jackpot winner robbed after leaving casino; security footage leads to arrest at same casino the next day

Article brief provided by WHO-TV
  • Kelly Maricle, WHO-TV
July 21, 2022 10:19 PM
  • Kelly Maricle, WHO-TV

Police in Des Moines have arrested one of the men they say is responsible for the terrifying robbery of a metro woman who had just won a significant amount of money at Prairie Meadows Casino.

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Sgt. Paul Parizek with the Des Moines Police Department told WHO 13 the incident happened early Tuesday morning after the victim won two jackpots at the Altoona casino totaling more than $10,000. The woman was driving home when her car was forced off the road by two vehicles in the 3400 block of Easton Boulevard at around 3:15 a.m.

Police said 30-year-old Timothy Spencer, of Berwick, was driving one of those vehicles.