LAS VEGAS — A woman was arrested early Tuesday morning after she locked herself in a fire control room while nude and shut off the power to the Circa casino, hotel and parking garage, investigators said.
The Las Vegas Metro Police Department said Alissa Neeley got into the secured room around 10 p.m. Monday and disconnected wires and damaged equipment, shutting down power to the facility for about three hours, KVVU reported.
Security guards at the casino told police that Neeley was kicked out of the hotel about 30 minutes earlier after she was seen walking around nude on different floors and trying to access employee-only rooms, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
After the power went out, a maintenance worker found Neeley naked in the control room chair. Security guards put her in handcuffs until police arrived. She was then arrested and charged with theft of a fire prevention device. She was later released on her own recognizance on the condition she does not return to the Circa.
Investigators said she caused an estimated $5,000 damage to equipment that controlled power to the casino’s slot machines and table games, elevators and backup generators, KVVU reported. Power was restored around 1 a.m.
“Although this was an isolated incident, we have implemented additional security measures to ensure our facilities are protected,” Angela Ciciriello, Circa spokeswoman, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “The power was restored quickly and normal operations resumed.”
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