Pair arrested for thefts at Seminole Tribe's casino in Florida


The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Photo from Facebook

Two women have been arrested in connection with thefts at casino owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Makita Calhoun, 26, is facing a single count of grand theft for the September 8 incident at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. She allegedly stole an $8,500 Rolex and an $8,300 gold-and-diamond pendant from a patron who was staying at the hotel in the facility.

Lacherie Allison, 27, faces charges of grand theft, accessory to grand theft, prostitution and trespassing for an October 16 incident, the paper reported. She allegedly stole a $28,000 Rolex from a different hotel patron.

The tribe banned Allison from all of its casino for undisclosed reasons in 2010. Several months after the ban, she was arrested by tribal police and pleaded no contest to a prostitution charge, the paper reported.

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