JACKPOT, Nev. -- Three Idaho residents are in the Elko County Jail after a bomb scare incident at Cactus Petes casino in Jackpot, Nevada Wednesday.
An Elko County sheriff's deputy was dispatched to the casino at 10:15 a.m. after employees reported three people trying to cash $800 in coins. None of them could account for how they came into possession of the coins, and police were contacted.
A deputy responded to the casino to investigate, The deputy saw one of the two men make a cell phone call. A few minutes later the deputy was informed that someone had called the casino and claimed there was a bomb on “the floor,” and it was set to explode at 10:29 a.m.
The deputy questioned the man whom he had observed making a phone call, Robert Troglia, 29, of Hailey, Idaho. Troglia admitted that he and his accomplices, Michael Faulkner, 23, of Bliss, Idaho, and Penny Stalions, 46, of Kimberly, Idaho, were attempting to over burden the deputy with the bomb threat so that they could make a getaway and return to Idaho.
Faulkner tried to elude deputies, but he was later captured and taken into custody after being tracked by a police K9.
All three suspects were taken into custody and transported to the Elko County Jail.
Troglia is charged with making a bomb threat, conspiracy to commit a crime, and aiding and abetting. He is being held without bail.
Faulkner is charged with four counts of possession of stolen credit cards, eluding an officer, and a warrant for possession of controlled substance out of Idaho. His bail was set at $85,000.
Stalions is charged with aiding and abetting, obstructing an officer, and conspiracy to commit a crime. She is being held without bail.
