A woman who allegedly drugged a man she met at the main bar in the Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino resort and then stole his $125,000 Rolex watch has this week been arrested by Las Vegas police.
The married victim awoke alone at the Fontainebleau on the morning of May 19, 2024, in a separate room from his wife, who he had been visiting Las Vegas with. His luxury watch, $2,000 in cash and $500 worth of casino chips were all missing.
Police say they believe Koncina Brisbon, 42, committed the drugging and theft. Brisbon is a known sex worker, reports said, who has been accused of similar crimes in the past. She was arrested in Las Vegas on November 18. She has been charged with burglary and theft and has been released on bail.
The Incident
On the morning of May 19, Las Vegas Metro Police officers arrived at the Fontainebleau after reports of a theft.
Police reports said that after gambling on the casino floor with his wife, around 2 a.m. his wife went to bed in their shared room. The man went to the bar for another drink, which is when he was approached by a woman police say was Brisbon.
Police investigated security footage from the casino, which they say shows Brisbon slipping something into the victim’s drink.
Around 5 a.m. the pair went to the hotel desk together, and the victim booked a second room. The two got physical together in the elevator before heading to the room.
The man says he has no memory of what happened after drinking at the bar. He woke up the next morning alone, minus his watch, which he said was worth $150,000, and also $2,000 in cash and $500 in casino chips.
The victim was asleep until awoken by his wife and casino security in the late morning. Concerned he had not returned to their shared room, she had contacted the front desk, who told her that there husband had booked a second room.
The high value theft is an example of what Sin City regulars might know as a “trick roll”.
This is when a sex worker steals from a “trick,” aka a client. It can be as simple as waiting until the victim falls asleep or has a shower, or can involve drugging and even armed robberies.
The term comes from a portmanteau phrase of a “trick” and the internet meme of Rick Rolling. Sex workers robbing clients in Las Vegas is far older than this name, with cases going back to the early 1900s – far before there were (legal) casinos in town.
As prostitution is illegal in most parts of Nevada, victims often fail to report the crimes, as they feel a sense of shame, embarrassment or fear legal repercussions. Other times, it ends badly for the sex worker. Such as in this 2024 case in which a man admitted to strangling to death a woman he had paid for sex while at the Palms Casino.
The Arrest
Police arrested Brisbon in Las Vegas on November 18. Reports said she was already facing similar charges of theft involving a Rolex watch from months prior to this Fontainebleau Las Vegas incident.
She entered a not-guilty plea on those charges in September. Police also said that she had been arrested 16 times in Nevada since 2021, almost all for offenses related to prostitution rather than the burglary charges in the most recent cases.
Brisbon is set to stand trial on the earlier theft charges on April 28, 2025. It is possible that these charges will be added onto proceedings at that court date. She is currently on bail release.
The victim declined to let police give him a drug test, and left Las Vegas before responding to many of investigators’ questions. That could complicate proceedings in court.
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