Montana Casino Crime-Jacob Burritt convicted for felony and arson

A Belgrade, Montana man who tried to rob a local casino, it was a fake explosive device, and pleaded guilty to felony and arson.

On April 27, 2019, 28-year-old Jacob Barit entered the Magic Diamond Casino in Bohmen, wearing a mask and equipped with a cologne bottle with a fiery wick around his neck to resemble a Molotov cocktail. .

Bourit demanded money from panicked employees before damaging the bottle at the front desk, causing $ 1,500 in damage from the fire.

No one was injured during the incident, which saw the main occupational drag at Bozman, while most of the day the Lewis and Clark County Bomb Squad neutralized the area.

Police track Barite several hours after the failed robbery and ask him to surrender. A quantity of methamphetamine was found in his car.

 

Burritt History

Jacob Bertitt was initially charged with felony, arson, possessing explosives and possession of dangerous drugs. But according to the Chronicle, Burritt accepted a deal to plead guilty to a lesser charge.

Burritt’s ex-wife told police that he had “wanted to rob a casino in a similar fashion as his father had robbed a casino – by creating a diversion nearby the casino and then committing the robbery.”

Robbery Of Montana Casino

Montana’s casinos outside of tribal reservations, generally bars or taverns that offer live card games, sports tab games, and video gambling machines.

There are some 1,400 licensed gambling operators in the state, which is why reports of robbery and shootings in Montana casinos often appear in the press.

In February 2018, Duane Burchill was sentenced to 50 years in prison for robbing the Magic Diamond Casino in Bozman twice a week.