Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria<\/a> and is among the biggest tribal gaming operation in California, attracting 10 million patrons per year. But there\u2019s no evidence that gambling was responsible for Bertagnolli\u2019s distress.<\/p>\nTribal chairman Greg Sarris described to Fox News how Bertagnolli had arrived at the casino alone and on foot and had simply walked around the gaming floor, without gambling or talking to anyone.<\/p>\n
Security followed him to the parking garage, where Bertagnolli told them he was going to kill himself. Sarris said that his staff had spoken to him and talked him down from the ledge.<\/p>\n
“Is there more we could have done, more that any of us can do?\u201d Sarris asked Fox News. \u201cHe had his whole life ahead of him. What could we do? It would have been wonderful if we had been able to take him downstairs, off the fifth floor, talk to him, and have the sheriff take him safely to help.”<\/p>\n
According to Bertagnolli\u2019s Facebook page, he was married only last month. He told first responders he was struggling to cope with depression and loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man plunged to his death from the parking garage of the Graton Resort & Casino, near Santa Rosa, California on Monday, seconds after breaking free from police custody. Minutes earlier, it appeared that police had captured Geoffrey Wise Bertagnolli, 24, of Gardnerville, Nevada. The distraught man had been grabbed by police negotiators while distracted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":114567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Man Leaps to Death From Graton Casino Parking Lot After Evading Police<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n