LAS VEGAS (KTNV) A man is accused of making terroristic threats to blow up the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, according to an arrest report obtained by 13 Action News. <\/p>\n
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were called to the hotel on Wednesday at approximately 8:48 a.m. after they were told a man had left a restaurant there without paying. <\/p>\n
Police were also told the man told a hostess that he \"owed\" the building and he would \"blow it up,\" the report states. <\/p>\n
A security guard at the hotel told police they recognized the man from surveillance camera footage. He was taken into custody and has since been identified as 61-year-old James Rummel. <\/p>\n
He was arrested for making terroristic threats, the report states. <\/p>\n
\"Rummel later threatened to kill me if I took him to a hospital,\" the arresting office wrote. \"Rummel later stated he would kill me if I took him to [the Clark County Detention Center].\" <\/p>\n
Rummel was booked into the Clark County Detention Center. As of Friday morning, he remained jailed on a $20,000 bond, according to CCDC records.<\/p>\n
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