Police said Carleo was apprehended after trying to sell several $25,000 chips to an undercover Las Vegas police officer.Īssad described himself and his family at the time as 'devastated and heartbroken'. He issued no comment about the case since issuing a public statement after Carleo's arrest, on 2 February, at the Bellagio. Owens told reporters those charges could carry additional prison time.Īs part of the plea deal in the two cases, prosecutors dropped several other assault, burglary and weapon charges and agreed not to seek additional drug and weapons charges relating to incidents police had investigated.Ĭarleo, the son of the Las Vegas municipal court judge George Assad, is being held at the Clark County jail on $1m bail.Īssad was this month voted out of the bench seat he has held since 2002. He pleaded guilty to felony armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, charges prosecutor Chris Owens said could get him between three and 36 years in state prison.Ĭlark County district court judge Michelle Leavitt scheduled sentencing for 23 August.Ĭarleo is also due to plead guilty to similar charges in a separate case stemming from a robbery on 9 December at the Suncoast Hotel & Casino, also in Las Vegas.
