‘Extremely high’ Caesars Palace hostage suspect caused $50k in damages: police

The man accused of holding a woman hostage for hours in a room at Las Vegas’ iconic Caesars Palace resort caused more than $50,000 in damages and was “extremely high on drugs” at the time, according to a police report.

Matthew Mannix, 35, was arrested Tuesday after a tense six-hour standoff with police during which he taunted them by repeatedly “opening and closing the door” and telling them he had a gun while threatening to “pull the trigger” according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan police report obtained by KLAS.

Police told reporters on Tuesday they responded to the scene around 9:15 a.m. after hotel security reported that Mannix had pulled the woman into the room “by force” during an argument.

The Colorado fugitive threatened hotel security and police, telling them that the situation would end badly if they refused to leave.  A woman’s voice could be heard yelling through the door, “he has a knife,” according to the report.

Video recorded at the scene showed him throwing furniture out of the 21st floor window that he had busted open, sending guests fleeing from the hotel’s pool area where the objects came crashing down below.

The woman in the room, whose name was redacted in the report, was also very high on drugs.

She and Mannix had been on a days-long drug bender at the time and had been living a transient lifestyle on the Las Vegas Strip, she told police. It’s not clear what drugs they had been using.

She said she and Mannix had an on-and-off sexual relationship. She believed that Mannix was an MTV actor, she said.

During the standoff, she said she didn’t leave the room because Mannix had threatened her with a knife. She was also scared that he would throw her out of the broken window.

Police said Tuesday that the woman was uninjured in the ordeal.

After Mannix was taken into custody police executed a search warrant in the ransacked hotel room. One veteran officer noted in the report that officers saw “some of the most severe property damage that I have seen in my 18 years as a detective.”

While a final damage amount has not been determined, officials estimate the damages to be worth more than $50,000.

Mannix has a warrant out for his arrest in Colorado, although the offense was redacted in the police report, KLAS reported. He additionally has four active protection orders issued against him.

He was charged in Clark County, Nevada with kidnapping, coercion with force or threat of force with a deadly weapon, destroying or injuring real or personal property, resisting a public officer with a deadly weapon and disregarding the safety of people and property.

He is scheduled to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on Wednesday afternoon, the outlet reported.