Boonville casino robbery suspect’s arrest detailed by police in Illinois

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Police in Bloomington, Illinois, say a suspect in a Mid-Missouri casino robbery was arrested without incident this week.

Hollis C. Vanleer Jr., 21, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Bloomington police and U.S. Marshals, according to a release from the Bloomington Police Department. Police arrested Vanleer during a traffic stop, and he was taken to the McLean County, Illinois, Detention Facility, the release states.

Vanleer remained in Illinois on Friday, awaiting extradition to Cooper County.

Vanleer has been on the run since March 25, when authorities say he and Benjamin Charles, 20, used guns to rob the Isle of Capri casino in Boonville. He's been charged with armed robbery, armed criminal action and first-degree assault.

The pair, who were carrying guns when they entered the casino, allegedly took about $1.28 million from the main money drawer, court documents say. Vanleer hit a patron who tried to interfere before the pair got away in a Ford Taurus, court documents in previous reporting say.

The Ford was later abandoned in Howard County.

Charles remains in the Cooper County Jail on charges of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and evidence tampering. His next hearing is July 27.

Vanleer is charged separately in Illinois with selling marijuana, a crime related to a stolen vehicle and criminal trespassing.