A&E true crime series revisits forgotten Las Vegas casino bombings
A new true-crime series that airs Friday on A&E looks at a largely forgotten Las Vegas casino bombing in its first episode.
The show "Undercover: The Tapes" follows undercover law enforcement officers on some of their most dangerous missions through surveillance video and audio recordings of actual investigations.
On Friday, the show revisited the case of Jeffrey Tenpenny, a Las Vegas man who harbored a serious grudge against the Phantom and the Nugget, The properties were owned at the time by Steve Wynn's Mirage. resort.
Casino Vendetta
Tenpenny purchased bombs with the intention of blowing up both properties. He also planned to murder Wynn attorney Carolyn Ellsworth, now a senior Nevada judge.
Unfortunately for Tenpenny, but fortunately for everyone else, the man who sold him the bomb was a U.S. Army undercover agent. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
Tenpenny had previously been injured in a Nugget elevator accident and sued the casino for damages. The trigger for his hatred of Mirage Resorts and Ellsworth was repeated postponements of the trial, according to a Las Vegas Sun article at the time reporting on his conviction.
Tenpenny's public defender tried to portray his client as a harmless "show-off" who was just "venting" and who never carried out the plot. Tenpenny blamed the elevator accident on epilepsy and memory loss and claimed his personality changed after the incident.
us. District Judge Philip Proul ultimately disagreed. He described Tenpenny's plans as "horrible" and sentenced him to seven years in prison, the maximum sentence.
"God knows what would have happened" if Tenpenny had been exposed to "outsiders" instead of federal agents, Pro said during sentencing, The Sun reported.
Media Silence
The agents were Jay Dobyns and Vince Cefalu, who discussed the case in detail on the show.
Dobbins described it as a "major investigation" and added that he was surprised it didn't generate more columns and that it was quickly forgotten.
[…]In this bombing, a man was actively planning to detonate an IED at a Las Vegas casino, but it didn’t get a lot of attention,” he told TV Insider this week.
"It was eventually explained to me that the Las Vegas media initially pushed this behind the scenes," Dobbins said. "They say, 'This city and its people thrive on tourism.' Who wants a front-page story saying our three major casinos are about to be bombed?" Now that we're almost 30 years old, A&E this series gives every Everyone has first-hand insights. "
"Undercover: The Tapes" premieres January 11 at 10pm on A&E. ET/9 p.m. CST
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