courtesy "Crazy Girls" via Facebook
Metro Police are still looking for the white truck apparently driven by the suspect or suspects to transport themselves to an Enterprise rental truck containing the now-stolen items from the “Crazy Girls” show at the closed Riviera.
Published Tuesday, May 5, 2015 | 4:50 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, May 6, 2015 | 11:44 a.m.
The show must go on.
It's the attitude being taken by "Crazy Girls" producer Norbert Aleman after a stolen truck containing items from the show was found abandoned Tuesday morning in the southeast valley.
The suspect below is believed to have driven off with the Enterprise rental truck containing stolen items on Monday morning around 3:30 a.m. The Enterprise truck was later found abandoned.
Although the rental truck has been turned over to show officials, the stolen wardrobe items and key props that went missing early Monday were not located, Metro Police and show representatives said.
The truck, which originally contained boxes of custom-made costumes, props and computer equipment needed for the show, was taken about 3:45 a.m. Monday as the staff prepared to leave the now-closed Riviera resort, "Crazy Girls" representatives said.
The white 2015 box truck was found about 11:10 a.m. Tuesday outside of a residence in the 3700 block of East Oquendo Road, near Sandhill and Russell roads, Metro Officer Jesse Roybal said.
Although some cases were in the truck, the show's costumes and the missing props will have to be rebuilt, and the technical equipment must be replaced, according to "Crazy Girls" technical director and The Stage Crew project manager Nevada Nichols.
The Stage Crew houses the show's props.
Surveillance video shows the suspect vehicle, a truck, pulling up about 3:10 a.m. and a man scouting the area before the "Crazy Girls" rental truck begins to move.
No one has been taken into custody in connection with the missing items, Roybal said.
The items are worth about $150,000 to $200,000, Nichols said.
Each of the 10 women in the show has about eight to 10 costume pieces as well as wigs and shoes that must be replaced, Aleman said.
One of the missing props is a 7-foot, phallic structure that shoots streamers, Nichols said.
The audience favorite has been part of the show for years and was created as part of an effort by the show to become more risque, he said.
The bronze statue of women's backsides from the Riviera is safe and is touring Las Vegas as a promotion for the show's move to Planet Hollywood, Nichols said.
"Crazy Girls" was expected to reopen May 13, but Aleman said the opening date has been pushed to May 20.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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