UPDATE @5:06 a.m. (Oct. 28)
The suspect in the robbery of a woman outside the Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway is now in custody.
Nathan Griffith was booked into jail early Friday morning on a charge of robbery.
UPDATE @ 11 p.m. (Oct. 27)
The suspect in the Hollywood Gaming robbery is in front of the Montgomery County Jail, saying he wants to turn himself in, according to the sheriff’s office.
Police earlier identified the suspect as 24-year-old Nathan Griffith. Dayton police said they were on the way to the jail to meet the suspect.
UPDATE @ 7:20 p.m. (Oct. 26)
Police are still searching for a man they said stalked a Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway customer and then shoved her to the ground and tried to rob her of her winnings Wednesday night in an attack caught on video.
The casino’s security is what led police to easily identify the suspect as 24-year-old Nathan Griffith, Dayton police Sgt. Matt Beavers said. First, Griffith used his driver’s license at the casino, 777 Hollywood Blvd., to play games. Then, surveillance video inside captured him watch the woman cash out her winnings and then follow her out of the building. In the parking lot, cameras recorded the attack of the 63-year-old woman.
“You see she bounces off the ground, fight on the ground, over a couple bucks,” Beavers said.
During the struggle, the woman’s purse upended and he grabbed the checkbook and took off. “He didn’t get the winnings. She had a good hold on the purse,” Beavers said.
Anyone with information about Griffith’s whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 937-222-STOP(7867).
FIRST REPORT (Oct. 26)
A 63-year-old woman fended off a male suspected robber while she was walking to her vehicle after spending the evening at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway Wednesday.
The woman told police she was leaving the racino around 9:45 p.m. when a male suspect approached her shortly after she entered the parking lot, according to a Dayton police report.
The suspect, identified as Nathan Griffith, grabbed the woman’s purse and tried to steal it, however the woman held onto the purse and the suspect dragged her across the parking lot, the report said.
The woman told police the man was in his mid 20s to early 30s, had light hair, a light color sweatshirt and blue jeans, according to the report.
Police are still searching for Griffith and anyone with information on his whereabouts can contact Crime Stoppers at 222-STOP.