A Golden man was arrested after he allegedly held a woman hostage for several hours at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas Tuesday.
Caesars Palace security called the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department around 9:15 a.m. after receiving multiple noise complaints regarding room #2128, located in the Octavius tower. Callers reported that there was a possible domestic dispute.
The room was registered to Matthew John Ermond Mannix, 35, of Golden, Colorado. The Associated Press reports that Mannix has criminal convictions for kidnapping in 2022 and property damage in 2012 in Colorado. He also has four active protection orders against him. Prosecutors said Wednesday the fugitive warrant is related to a kidnapping case, according to the AP.
Just before 11 a.m., guests were seen running from the pool area, which is located at the south-facing side of the ground level of the Octavius tower. Mannix allegedly broke out the window and threw"large furniture" out of the window. The furniture fell 21 floors and crashed onto the pool deck below.
Authorities couldn't confirm if Mannix and the woman were in a domestic relationship, but the woman said the two had been in an on-and-off intimate relationship, according to court documents. She told detectives she thought Mannix was an MTV actor, so she slept with him, the report states. When asked by authorities why she didn't leave the room, the woman said Mannix was bigger than her and had a knife, according to the report. She also told detectives she was afraid.
The report states Mannix was"paranoid and had a schizophrenic episode where he was yelling out random comments and numbers and saying that he would pay for everything because he has a lot of money."
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