Photo from source, LVRJ.com
I'd just moved to Las Vegas when the O.J. Simpson trial was reaching its conclusion. Maybe it was my decision to move 2,000 miles across the country that caused me to have no real interest in the story. I had other things on my mind. But, like most Americans, I knew the high (or low) points of the story, and was listening to the radio (the Internet being in its infancy) when the verdict was read.
Fortunately, O.J. has never reattained his fame, and is doomed to live in infamy forever more. But I suppose it was inevitable that he'd add to that dubious legacy. Las Vegas seems to always have at least a tangential relationship to most of the big crime stories, and here we are in the center of one. As a Las Vegan, I feel motivated to post the local paper's take on the story. So, here you go.
By the way, Palace Station? This is the only notable thing I can think of for that particular property since it caught fire seven or eight years ago, right after the roof had caved in from rain. If nothing else, maybe the venerable old Palace will get a boost from the story.
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Simpson Named Suspect in Armed Robbery
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson says he went into a casino hotel room only to retrieve memorabilia that he felt was stolen from him. But police are investigating it as an armed robbery and named the fallen football star as a suspect Friday in yet another surprising chapter to his legal saga.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Simpson insisted there were no guns involved and that he went to the room at the Palace Station casino only to get stolen mementos that included his Hall of Fame certificate and a picture of the running back with J. Edgar Hoover.
"It's stolen stuff that's mine. Nobody was roughed up," Simpson told the AP. . .
Read more at: LVRJ.com
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