Man charged with beating, robbing Bally’s employee inside casino restroom

A 32-year-old man is facing robbery charges after prosecutors said he and three other assailants attacked and mugged a Bally’s Chicago employee inside a restroom at the company’s temporary River North casino late last year.

Abraham Pozo, of Beach Park, is accused of participating in the December 29 robbery inside the casino at 600 North Wabash Avenue, where prosecutors said a 26-year-old employee was beaten and robbed of his watch after being confronted by a group of men who asked about his gang affiliation inside a restroom.

According to the detention petition, the employee was washing his hands around 2 a.m. when several men approached him and asked what gang he belonged to. After he replied that he was not in a gang, one member of the group blocked the exit while two others began punching him. As the victim fell to the floor, two more men, including Pozo, entered the restroom and began kicking him, prosecutors said…

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