“A lifetime ban from the property was issued (to Williams) stemming from the 2015 theft, which was obviously violated,” Pechanga spokeswoman Ciara Green said. Williams’ days at the resort near Temecula appeared done. Williams was arrested and pleaded guilty to grand theft. “The other female appeared to be Townsel,” a detective wrote in a court document. Detectives reviewed that 2015 video during the current homicide investigation. “Williams is captured on video removing and stealing the wallet from the purse while the other suspect initiated conversation to distract the victim,” a deputy wrote in a declaration written to a judge to obtain an arrest warrant. Williams and Townsel were caught and convicted of petty theft, court records show. The accusations do not surprise Kathryn Brod, a Moreno Valley resident whose purse with $700 in it was stolen by Williams and Townsel on July 27 in Moreno Valley.

31, Williams and Townsel followed Assad, a Long Beach resident, into a bathroom, where they allegedly broke her skull and took her pink purse that had about $1,000 in it. (Courtesy of the Assad family)Ī decision to seek that penalty has not been made, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.Ĭourt documents allege that on Aug. 4, 2019, after being attacked and robbed at the Pechanga Resort Casino near Temecula on Aug. Afaf Assad, 84, of Long Beach, died Sept. An enhancement of robbery in the commission of a murder makes both women eligible for the death penalty if convicted as charged. They are charged with murder, robbery and cruelty to an elder. 19, at Southwest Justice Center in French Valley. Williams, 35, and Townsel, 39, both of Moreno Valley, are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, Sept. Update: Pechanga murder defendant hires noted Riverside attorney Virginia Blumenthal And it wasn’t the first round of trouble with a casino for Williams. Years before Kimesha Monae Williams and Candace Tai Townsel were accused of killing and robbing 84-year-old Afaf Assad at Pechanga Resort Casino, they were reported to be involved in another crime there.

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