{"id":360626,"date":"2026-08-02T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/360626\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:24:08","slug":"three-arrested-after-deputies-say-florida-casino-encounter-led-to-parking-lot-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/360626\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrested after deputies say Florida casino encounter led to parking lot robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A trip to a Tampa hotel ended with a victim allegedly being robbed at gunpoint after investigators say he met one of the suspects earlier that morning at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> said three suspects have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery that happened July 23 at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Hotel_Review-g34678-d21144185-Reviews-Extended_Stay_America_Tampa_Fairgrounds_Casino-Tampa_Florida.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Extended Stay America<\/a> on East Sligh Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>According to detectives, the victim met 20-year-old Angelina Johnson at the casino before returning to his hotel. Investigators said Johnson and two men later identified as 22-year-old Mario Dejournett and 22-year-old Tyrik Griffin approached the victim in the hotel parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said Dejournett and Griffin pulled out firearms and robbed the victim of jewelry and his wallet before all three suspects fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Through their investigation, detectives identified all three suspects and obtained arrest warrants.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-hit-and-run-suspect-accused-of-crashing-into-home-stabbing-2-florida-brevard-county-brevard-county-sheriffs-office-sheriff-wayne-ivey-jadarius-west-home-invasion-stabbing-double-stabbing-knife-attack-armed-burglary-occupied-dwelling-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida hit-and-run suspect accused of crashing into home, stabbing 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested Johnson and Dejournett on July 24. They were booked into the Orient Road Jail on July 29.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin was arrested by Pinellas County deputies on July 31 and is awaiting transfer to Hillsborough County.<\/p>\n<p>All three suspects face counts of robbery with a firearm involving property valued at $750 or more but less than $20,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a coordinated, violent crime that left the victim shaken and robbed at gunpoint,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamhcso.com\/Staff\/Details\/Chad-Chronister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff credited detectives and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Pinellas+County+Sheriff%E2%80%99s+Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> for helping identify and arrest the suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A trip to a Tampa hotel ended with a victim allegedly being robbed at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-360626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}