Casino robber was judge's son

The son of a Las Vegas judge pleaded guilty yesterday to being the bandit who was videotaped waving a gun as he made off in December with US$1.5 million ($1.84 million) in casino chips from the posh Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Anthony Michael Carleo, 29, apologised and told a Nevada judge he was "very foolish" for scooping chips from the craps table and pointing a handgun at a valet before riding off on a motorbike.