Nevada man charged in thefts from Utah casinos
ST GEORGE UT December 3 2018— A Nevada man with a history of escaping custody was arrested in Redmond on a $500,000 warrant out of Las Vegas for failing to appear in court for sentencing in a case where he admitted stealing money from people he met in casinos, authorities say.
Mark Georgantas was arrested inside of a residence in Sevier County where he was staying with a family who had no idea he was wanted and only knew the man by one of his aliases, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday.
Georgantas is wanted in Las Vegas after failing to appear for sentencing in August where he faced two to five years behind bars after agreeing to plead guilty to swindling two victims out of roughly $350,000. He had persuaded them he had a system for winning money playing certain casino games.
On Tuesday, Sevier County investigators received information that Georgantas was hiding in Utah and responded to the residence in Redmond where they believed he was staying.
Detectives arrived and spoke to the homeowners who did not recognize anyone by the suspect’s name, but did recognize a photo of Georgantas and told detectives they knew him as “Todd Wolf.” They directed police to the bedroom where he was staying.
