{"id":291817,"date":"2023-09-29T04:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=291817"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:58:52","slug":"caesars-palace-hostage-taker-faces-up-to-four-years-in-prison-must-pay-restitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/caesars-palace-hostage-taker-faces-up-to-four-years-in-prison-must-pay-restitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Caesars Palace Hostage Taker Heading to Prison, Must Pay Restitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

The man who detained a woman in a Caesars Palace Las Vegas<\/a> hotel room while he tossed furnishings out the window is heading to prison.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew
Matthew Mannix in a courtroom, pictured above. He was sentenced to prison for a standoff with police at a Caesars Palace hotel room. (Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Matthew Mannix, 36, was sentenced Thursday to between 19 and 48 months behind bars for the July 11 drug-induced incident.<\/p>\n

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Mannix must also pay about $55K to the hotel in restitution for damage to casino property after he smashed the room\u2019s window and threw various furniture out of the 21st-floor room to a pool deck below, causing fearful guests to scatter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mannix can\u2019t visit Las Vegas Strip casinos under terms of the sentence.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty to destruction of property and negligence in a plea deal. He could have been sentenced to five years in jail for the charges, according to Las Vegas TV station KLAS<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mannix faced far longer prison time if he hadn’t accepted a plea deal<\/a>. He was initially charged with first-degree kidnapping, coercion with a deadly weapon, destruction of property, and disregarding the safety of persons or property.<\/p>\n

Violent Threats<\/h2>\n

Mannix had threatened to shoot police officers and to cut out the woman\u2019s tongue during the incident, police said.<\/p>\n

At one point, he threatened that he had \u201ca magazine full of rounds and that he would pull the trigger,\u201d Las Vegas TV station KVVU<\/em> reported. The unnamed woman being held by Mannix said he also had a knife and she feared for her life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were no injuries during the lengthy standoff.<\/p>\n

Mannix remained in the hotel room for five hours despite efforts by police to get him to surrender.<\/p>\n

Taken Meth<\/h2>\n

It was later determined that Mannix was under the influence of methamphetamine<\/a> (meth) during the episode.<\/p>\n

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He and the woman \u201cboth were clearly under the influence of narcotics and experiencing drug-induced paranoia (around the time of the incident),\u201d Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officers wrote in an arrest report, Las Vegas TV station KSNV <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mannix’s Las Vegas-based lawyer, David Roger<\/a>, confirmed to a judge in August that Mannix has an issue with drugs, KVVU <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will continue to work to address his drug addiction,\u201d Roger said. Roger added that Mannix apologized for the incident.<\/p>\n

The woman claimed Mannix had led her to believe he was an actor employed by MTV. She was in a stormy relationship with him.<\/p>\n

As of Friday, Mannix was being held at the Clark County Detention Center.<\/p>\n

Mannix also has charges pending in Colorado<\/a> for an unrelated case. He formerly lived in that state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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