A adult male was arrested Mon next a fateful scrap at Oroville, California’s Feather Falls Casino & Lodge. a dupe died inward the gaming belongings during the struggle.

He was later identified as Dennis Wold, 55, of Chico, California. A suspect, Michael Livermore, 37, of Oroville, was charged with murder, according to a financial statement from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s power was 1st notified near the altercation at 4:20 pm Monday. Wold had stopped breathing. Responding EMTs could not revive him.

When deputies arrived, ab initio they had to look for Livermore. He ran forth from the gaming locus next the fight, deputies said. type A unawares time later, they situated Livermore and apprehended him.

Livermore was beingness held inward the Butte County Jail as of early this week. It is unclear if he was injured during the fight.

Motive Not Released

Deputies did non reveal what caused the dispute betwixt the ii men. Deputies also did non set the grounds and way of Wold’s death. It is likely an postmortem examination will live performed.

The gambling casino is owned by the Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians. The tribal gaming attribute is set some 68 miles N of Sacramento.

Prior Robbery

In a prior offence at the Gold Country Casino Resort, also set inwards Oroville, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office made an halt inwards 2020. It was from a robbery of an elderly adult female allegedly past a overprotect and son duo.

The overprotect was the lam number one wood after the boy violently stole the money, authorities claim. The mother was identified as Regina Brito, 49, and the boy as Book of the Prophet Daniel Braziel, 30, of Marysville, California.

The dupe had won to a greater extent than $4,500 at the gaming property. She place the money inwards her billfold and sat down feather by a one-armed bandit machine, KOVR, a local TV station reported. Soon, Braziel went upward to the woman. He allegedly pushed her to the floor and forcibly stole the money and other unspecified property from her.

Both female parent and son were arrested on robbery and sr. clapperclaw charges.

Later, Jeremy Bowman, 32, of Yuba City, Golden State was arrested for his role inward allegedly charging almost $1,000 on the victim’s deferred payment cards. He was supercharged with identity operator theft and possession of the stolen property, according to KRCR, another local TV station.

It was unclear if the cases against the triad suspects were ever so adjudicated.