Rogers was arrested in February 2022 after stealing more than $78,000 from the Rio and threatening security guards with his police revolver. Rogers’ mother also addressed the judge and said she was “praying that this is Caleb’s darkest hour.” She said she hopes that Rogers gets treatment for his gambling addiction. “I don’t have the ability to express to the court the stress I was facing,” Rogers said when explaining his state of mind before the robberies. Rogers, who was dressed in a yellow inmate uniform, briefly spoke during the hearing, quietly telling the judge that he hopes for a “chance at redemption.” Gordon also said that Rogers’ actions reflected negatively on Metro and other law enforcement officers.Īs of Tuesday, a Metro spokesperson said, Rogers was still employed by the department but had been placed on “unpaid leave with suspended police powers.” The judge said he took into account “the good things” Rogers did with his life before the robberies, including working as an EMT and then police officer. “You’ve put a lot of people at risk,” Gordon said. He also ordered Rogers to pay more than $85,000 in restitution. District Judge Andrew Gordon instead sentenced Rogers to 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

“The range of his actions here were not simply random - they were carefully planned,” Cowhig said during Tuesday’s sentencing hearing. Attorney Daniel Cowhig told the judge that Rogers should be sentenced to more than 18 years in prison, arguing that Rogers betrayed the public’s trust by committing at least one of the robberies with his Metropolitan Police Department gun. Rogers’ firearm charge came with a mandatory sentence of seven years in prison.Īssistant U.S. Prosecutors argued during trial that Rogers’ gambling addiction led to the three robberies at the Red Rock Resort, Aliante Hotel and the Rio. In July, a jury found 35-year-old Caleb Rogers guilty of three counts of interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Caleb Rogers (Metropolitan Police Department)Ī Las Vegas police officer was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Tuesday for stealing more than $164,000 in a series of casino heists.

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