Two Men Charged In Twin River Casino Armed Robbery

LINCOLN, RI — It didn't take long for police in two states to track down two suspects wanted in connection with a July 21 armed robbery outside the Twin River Casino.

Police in Plainville, Massachusetts arrested a local man on July 22 after finding a vehicle wanted in connection with the parking lot stick-up. Plainville police seized the car and gained a warrant for Anthony Mirabile, 24, who was arrested that day at his home, police said in a Facebook post. Marabile was arraigned in Massachusetts on a fugitive from justice charge, and will also face charges in Rhode Island.

A second suspect — Nicholas Rudolph, 26, of Attleboro, Massachusetts — surrendered to police in Lincoln on Monday and was arraigned at Third District Court in Providence. Rudolph is charge with two counts of first degree robbery and two counts of felony conspiracy, court records show. Rudolph was ordered held without bail and the case has been referred to a grand jury.

At around 2:25 a.m. last Wednesday, two male victims reported that they had been accosted in the parking lot of the Lincoln casino by two men who forced them to their knees at gunpoint and ordered them to relinquish their money.