54-year-old Adele Belizaire told police that she "has anger issues" and only threatened to bomb the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, Florida to "blow off steam."
Police in Florida say a woman called in a bomb threat to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa after losing a few hundred bucks on the slot machines.
A woman named Janis celebrates her slot jackpot win of $111,651 in April at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Another woman, who wasn’t nearly as fortunate, decided to call in a fake bomb threat to the Florida casino this week after losing on the slots. (Image: Seminole Hard Rock)
Police responded to the Seminole bomb threat on Tuesday night around 9:30 pm. On Wednesday morning, law enforcement traced the call to a cell phone owned by Adele Belizaire, 54, of Spring Hill, Fl.
Police: Woman called in bomb threat at Seminole Hard Rock casino after losing $380 playing slots
By Fox 13 News staff
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CLEARWATER, Fla. - Police arrested a woman accused of calling in a bomb threat to the Seminole Hard Rock casino in Tampa after she lost hundreds while playing the slot machines.
Clearwater police said Adele Belizaire of Spring Hill got mad after she lost $380 in the slot machines at the casino.
When Belizaire returned to her hotel room on Clearwater Beach around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, investigators said her self-admitted anger issues got the best of her. That s when she called the casino from her cell phone and said she left a bomb on the property.
Florida Woman Makes Bomb Threat to Casino to Blow Off Steam After Losing $380
On 5/13/21 at 6:33 PM EDT
A Florida woman says she was just attempting to blow off steam when she sent a casino a bomb threat Tuesday after losing $380 while gambling.
Adele Belizaire, 54, was arrested early Wednesday morning after allegedly calling in the bomb threat to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa from her Clearwater Beach motel room hours earlier. Since Belizaire s phone number was on file as a member of the casino s player s club, police were easily able to identify her and track her down. Belizaire said I left a bomb in your casino during the call, made about 90 minutes after she left the casino on Tuesday night, according to a police report.