Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a former security guard at the Caesars Casino in Atlantic City has pleaded guilty to committing an armed robbery at the casino in 2014 after he was fired from his job.
Izyiah Plummer, 21, of Atlantic City, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon to all of the charges against him contained in an Aug. 20, 2015 indictment, including first-degree armed robbery, conspiracy, aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
The state will recommend that Plummer be sentenced to 15 years in state prison, including nearly 13 years of parole ineligibility under the No Early Release Act. Superior Court Judge Bernard E. DeLury Jr. scheduled Plummer to be sentenced on Nov. 18.
Two other defendants who were indicted with Plummer pleaded guilty in June. Nathaniel Greenlee, 23, of Bear, Delaware, and Donavon Jackson, 22, of Wilmington, Delaware, each pleaded guilty to second-degree theft. Greenlee pleaded guilty on June 13, and Jackson, on June 17. The state will recommend that each of those two men be sentenced to seven years in state prison. A fourth defendant, Aaron Evans, 26, of Atlantic City, faces pending charges of first-degree robbery and second-degree conspiracy.
They were charged in connection with an armed robbery of a security guard and a second casino employee who were removing cash from a kiosk inside Caesars Casino on July 21, 2014.
At about 6:18 a.m. on July 21, 2014, Plummer and allegedly Evans arrived at Caesars Casino in a car driven by Greenlee, with Jackson in the passenger seat. Plummer and allegedly Evans entered the casino wearing masks and gloves and approached a security guard and another casino employee who were loading full cash boxes onto a trolley from a self-redemption terminal at a kiosk. Plummer pointed a handgun at the two employees. Plummer pointed the gun at the security guard’s head while Evans allegedly removed three cash boxes from the trolley.
As the two robbers were fleeing the casino, one of them dropped one of the cash boxes and left it behind. Plummer and allegedly Evans escaped from the casino with two cash boxes containing approximately $181,200 and entered Greenlee’s vehicle.
Greenlee drove to Plummer’s apartment in the Venice Park section of Atlantic City. There proceeds of the robbery were divided among Plummer, Greenlee, Jackson, and allegedly Evans. A search warrant was executed at Plummer’s apartment, where a black ski mask, bullets for a .38 special handgun and $43,900 in cash were found.
A search warrant also was executed at Evans’ home, where $4,300 in cash was seized.
Detectives found a handle from one of the cash boxes in the street in front of Evans’ home.