An Idaho man has been sentenced to nearly nine years in federal prison for robbing a casino owned by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
Dillon McCandless, 28, pleaded guilty to one charge of robbery and one charge of using a firearm during and in relation to a violent crime. He admitted took a shotgun to the Sage Hill Casino and walked away with a large amount of cash on July 23, 2017. "A video of the robbery depicting a unique tattoo on the robbers hand helped investigators identify McCandless as the perpetrator," the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a press release on Friday. The hand tattoo was seen on surveillance footage released by the tribe. In addition to the 105-month sentence, McCandless was ordered to serve five years of supervised release. Sage Hill is one of three gaming facilities operated by the tribe on the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho.