Crime & Safety
Police: Man Used "Finger Gun" to Rob Woman
A former Easton man is accused of stealing from a woman at the Sands casino.
A 62-year-old man went up to a woman playing the slots at the Sands in Bethlehem around 2:30 Sunday morning and stuck a finger into her right side.
”Do you want to see my pistol? I need your money,” he told her.
The woman attempted to offer him whatever money was remaining on the slot machine but was unable to cash it out. Then she saw a dollar bill on the floor and asked him if he wanted it.
”The accused paused, and after some time, walked away,” court records say.
”The accused” – James Compton, who once lived in Easton but now claims to be homeless – was later charged with robbery, a first-degree felony.
He was arraigned later Sunday by on-duty District Judge John Capobianco of Nazareth and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail.
The criminal complaint was filed by Trooper Peter Diangelis of state police’s Sands Bethlehem gaming office.
A sheet in Compton’s file lists his former address as the 500 block of Spruce Street.