A Minnesota woman was enjoying a nice time at the Mystic Lake Casino when she decided to take a ride home from a man at the casino. After playing blackjack, the woman accepted a ride from the man and she was assaulted by the man and robbed at gunpoint.

Neville Grant of Plymouth was charged with first degree aggravated robbery, kidnapping and two counts of second degree sexual assault. Grant will have to appear on court on February 8th. According to the complaint filed by police, the woman had taken a bus to the casino on January 2nd. She met a man who called himself Rick or Ricardo and he proceeded to follow her around the casino.

The woman got ready to leave the casino around 4am on January 3rd. the man offered to drive her home if she paid for some gas. When the man arrived at the woman’s apartment he pulled a small black gun on her, pointed it at her thigh and then demanded her money. The woman had $800 in her bra and when she did not hand it over the man started driving.

The man reached Highway 13 and then later the woman gave him the money. He then drove her home and sexually assaulted the woman. The woman reported the incident to police and they found surveillance video at the casino which showed the man and they identified him by his license plate. The man was arrest on Saturday by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.






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