{"id":299,"date":"2026-01-02T13:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/former-dottys-employee-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-stealing-nearly-715k\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:44:06","slug":"former-dottys-employee-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-stealing-nearly-715k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/former-dottys-employee-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-stealing-nearly-715k\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Dotty\u2019s Employee Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Stealing Nearly $715K"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>A Nevada man will spend at least eight years in prison for stealing almost $715K<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dotty&#8217;s casinos noticed hundreds of thousands of missing dollars at six locations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dotty&#8217;s operates slots parlors across Nevada and other states<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A Sun Valley man formerly employed by Dotty&#8217;s has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after he admitted to embezzling more than $714K from the casino operator.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371877\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-371877 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Dotty&#039;s crime theft Nevada Washoe County\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D193_Cam_05_2025_06_28_9AM_12_15-300x169-1-858x483.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D193_Cam_05_2025_06_28_9AM_12_15-300x169-1-858x483.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D193_Cam_05_2025_06_28_9AM_12_15-300x169-1-430x242.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D193_Cam_05_2025_06_28_9AM_12_15-300x169-1.jpg 1420w\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371877\"class=\"text-description\">Dotty&#8217;s surveillance video captures Thomas Tonar stealing bricks of cash from an unidentified casino location on June 28, 2025. Tonar will spend at least the next eight years in prison after admitting to stealing almost $715K from six Dotty&#8217;s casino locations in Nevada. (Image: Washoe County District Attorney&#8217;s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Monday, the Washoe County District Attorney&#8217;s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/washoelife.washoecounty.gov\/da\/casino-employee-embezzles-three-quarters-of-a-million-dollars\/\">announced<\/a> that Thomas Tonar, 61, was given six to 20 concurrent years for four counts of embezzlement of more than $100K, and two to 10 years for two counts of embezzlement of under $100K.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">In aggregate, Tonar was sentenced to eight to 30 years. He will be eligible for parole after serving eight years.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tonar&#8217;s victims, many of whom were tipped colleagues at Dotty&#8217;s casinos, spoke on the impact his crimes had, including difficulty in making ends meet, rent, and mortgage payments. The Honorable Barry Breslow, appointed to the Second Judicial District Court in April 2017 by then-Gov. Brian Sandoval (R), handed down the sentence.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Caught Red-Handed<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Sparks and Reno police departments were called in July by Dotty&#8217;s management after discovering that several of their locations were targeted in a brazen theft by one of the casino&#8217;s own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Security surveillance video captured Tonar stealing bricks of cash from the backroom offices of several Dotty&#8217;s casinos. Dotty&#8217;s is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/dottys-sued-for-safe-marketing-by-woman-shot-paralyzed-in-robbery\/\">chain of slot machine parlors<\/a> with dozens of locations throughout Nevada. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Washoe County District Attorney&#8217;s Office didn&#8217;t specify Tonar&#8217;s position or how he was given access to the numerous offices. Law enforcement, working with Dotty&#8217;s accounting departments, determined that Tonar stole $714,713.59.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Police initially struggled to locate Tonar. But after a few days, he was located in a motel in Sacramento, Calif. An arrest warrant was carried out through a joint operation with local law enforcement in California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Police were able to recover $677,069 in stolen cash inside Tonar&#8217;s motel room. Three firearms were also found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tonar later admitted to stealing the cash from six Dotty&#8217;s locations. He&#8217;ll now spend at least the next eight years behind bars. Tonar didn&#8217;t provide a motive for his criminal actions, with him presumably well aware of the casino&#8217;s security measures.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Dotty&#8217;s Employment Perks<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With approximately 175 locations in Nevada, Oregon, and Montana, Dotty&#8217;s says it&#8217;s constantly in search of strong workers. The Dotty&#8217;s webpage says it&#8217;s hiring &#8220;friendly people.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The perks are good, as the company offers benefits for full-time employees, including health insurance, paid time off, and a 401K retirement savings plan. Current openings include bartenders, security personnel, slot technicians, maintenance workers, and management.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dotty&#8217;s was founded in 1991 by Craig Estey. Along with Dotty&#8217;s, the company&#8217;s gaming brands in Nevada include Bourbon Street, Points! Casino, La Villita, Red Dragon, and U1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/former-dottys-employee-sentenced-to-30-years-prison\/\">Former Dotty&#8217;s Employee Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Stealing Nearly $715K<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nevada man will spend at least eight years in prison for stealing almost $715K Dotty&#8217;s casinos noticed hundreds of thousands of missing dollars at six locations Dotty&#8217;s operates slots pa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeemug.club\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}