Red Hot Ferrari Ride
Posted on 16 May 2010 by LynThomas in Society, Uncategorized
A Melbourne Crown Casino patron has been charged with theft, for taking a 6 hour joyride across the Australian city in a Ferrari, after mistakenly being given the keys to the red sports car by a parking valet.
Adam Ramsay, 32, of Flemington, wearing a tracksuit, had driven a delivery van to Crown Casino. He approached the valet, requesting the ‘red car’ after he realized he had locked the van’s keys inside the vehicle.
When Ramsay couldn’t produce a valet ticket for the Ferrari, he was asked to fill out a form. He gave the attendant his real name and address and paid the $30 parking fee, before driving away in the $500,000 sports car.
Crown Casino spokesman Gary O’Neill said sometimes punters reported missing valet tickets to parking attendants. “In those circumstances, we require proof of ID, usually a driver’s license,” he said. “That procedure was followed on this occasion.”
O’Neill said the procedures, which had not failed prior to the incident, would be reviewed. The incident was the first of its kind at the casino.
Van Marcus, Pro Poker Player
Magistrate Peter Couzens said it was “shoddy beyond belief” that it was possible to extract an expensive car from Crown’s car park, with no more identification than a name and address.
Ramsay was charged with one count of motor vehicle theft, after he was allegedly caught refueling the Ferrari at a service station, on Melbourne’s outer northern edge, five hours after it was reported stolen. Police believe more than one person was involved in the theft.
The Ferrari was the property of Poker Pro Van Marcus. Marcus was still inside playing the tables when the robbery took place. It is reported that Marcus won in the region of $168,000 before he discovered his car had been stolen.
In March 2010, a red Ferrari was stolen from a private home in South Perth, in the early hours of the morning. In June 2009 a red Ferrari was stolen in Sydney, New South Wales.
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