Man accused in rash of business thefts charged with stealing $2K from Carson City casino
A man who was arrested last week driving a stolen pickup used in a rash of business thefts between Carson City and Reno was booked Monday for allegedly stealing $2,000 from a local casino in December, a Carson City Sheriff's Office detective said.
Joseph Jordan Desjardin, 37, was arrested Monday, Jan. 6 in the 2300 block of Airport Road after he was found driving a stolen pickup, faces multiple felony charges, including the Dec. 17 theft of approximately $2,000 from a cashier's cage at Gold Dust West in Carson City. Go here for the original story.
He is charged as the suspect in commercial burglary and grand larceny in the casino incident, according to the detective. Desjardin currently remains as an inmate at Carson City Jail. He is being held without bail awaiting a hearing, said CCSO Detective Sam Hatley.
Desjardin also faces charges of multiple thefts including including a grand larceny at CAL-Ranch in Carson City where a $2,500 Honda snowblower was stolen, commercial burglaries at Best Tires on Highway 50 and Airport Road, where cash and electronic items were stolen, plus stolen tool boxes that were taken from Home Depot stores in Reno. Also as part of the investigation, a large tool box that Desjardin is accused of stealing was recovered after it was sold to a Coleville, Calif. resident via social media.
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