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Patrons Sue Station Casinos Over Theft

In a Clark County District Court lawsuit, Glafira Zavala and Sylvia Casillas, who said they were checked into Sunset Station's room 525 on Dec. 13, alleged the hotel-casino failed to tell them that an unauthorized person was also later checked into their room and allowed to remain there with their luggage.

The plaintiffs said they notified the hotel and the Henderson Police Department on Dec. 14 when Zavala allegedly discovered her jewelry was missing.

"Our records show (the allegedly unauthorized person) was never charged with theft or arrested," said Henderson police spokeswoman Valerie Klein.

Klein said the police closed the case on Jan. 21, after the District Attorney's office determined that the case "lacks prosecutorial merit."

Jon Ludwig, the plaintiffs' attorney, declined comment on the findings of the police and prosecutors and on whether the jewelry had been recovered.

The plaintiffs, who said they ordered room service and told the hotel staff that no one would be in the room when the order was delivered, alleged the man was able to enter the plaintiffs' room and rifle through their luggage because Sunset Station allegedly gave him an electronic key to the room.

The suit said the hotel staff, when they arrived with the plaintiffs' room service order and found the man in their room, allegedly failed to search him or his luggage for items that didn't belong to him, even after he said he didn't recognize some of the luggage in the room and allegedly indicated he didn't order room service.

Station spokesman Jack Taylor said the company couldn't comment because it has not seen the lawsuit.

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