SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A transient used an airsoft bb gun in an attempt to rob the Joker's Casino on West 12th Street last Sunday morning.
Officer Sam Clemens says 36-year-old Joshua Michael Reck came in the casino as it was opening and allegedly hit the clerk in the head with the pistol.
Clemens says the clerk was able to get the gun away from the suspect. The victim says Reck tried swinging something at him but missed. That's when the clerk hit Reck in the head with the gun and he ran out the door
Clemens says Reck was arrested shortly later at Cubbies gas station and police found meth on him.
Reck is charged with two counts of aggravated assault for pointing the gun at the clerk and hitting him over the head with it. And he faces possession of a controlled substance charge.