Legal Wrongly Arrested Peppermill Casino Guest Seeks Names of 168 Others Flagged by Facial Recognition Posted on: August 21, 2026, 01:44h. Last updated on: August 21, 2026, 01:50h. A Nevada man who was wrongly arrested after being misidentified by facial recognition technology at Reno’s Peppermill Casino Resort is seeking the identities of 168 other people who were allegedly flagged by the system. Jason Killinger has asked a federal judge to order the City of Reno to produce unredacted arrest reports and declarations of probable cause involving individuals identified by Peppermill’s facial recognition software. The request forms part of Killinger’s lawsuit against Reno and police officer Richard Jager over his September 2023 arrest. Nightmare Ordeal Truck driver Killinger was flagged as a “100% match” to an individual named Michael Ellis who had been banned from the venue months earlier for sleeping on the premises. Despite Killinger’s insistence that he had been misidentified, Jager refused to believe he was who he claimed to be and accused him of using fraudulent identification when he produced a valid Nevada Real ID, Peppermill player’s card, and debit card in his name. Jager chose to trust in the powers of facial recognition software over material facts, such as that Killinger is four inches taller than his doppelganger and has blue eyes rather than hazel. Killinger was jailed for nearly nine hours and spent more than three hours in handcuffs, which left him with bruising and shoulder pain, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that even after a fingerprint check at the Washoe County jail confirmed Killinger’s true identity, Jager filed a police report claiming Killinger had presented conflicting identification to Peppermill security. After settling out of court with Peppermill, Killinger sued Jager and later added the City of Reno, alleging the city failed to properly