He was arrested in February 2022 during an armed robbery at the Rio, and was later connected to two prior robberies at the Red Rock Resort and Aliante Hotel, police have said. Rogers, 35, was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2022 on three counts of interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. “It’s a lot messier than the way it’s described by the government,” defense attorney Richard Pocker said of the alleged spree of casino heists Rogers is on trial for this week in federal court. Caleb Rogers (Metropolitan Police Department)įederal prosecutors allege that in the span of four months, a Las Vegas police officer robbed three different casinos of more than $164,000, and was caught brandishing his police-issued revolver at security guards.īut his defense attorney argued Tuesday that the evidence connecting Caleb Rogers to two of the robberies includes unclear surveillance video and the word of his brother, who himself was previously a suspect in the investigation.
