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A thief can enter a room without needing to pick a lock, for example by pretending to be a guest who has left their key in their room. [2] Items can also be taken while a guest is distracted, for example when checking in. [1] One of the most prolific hotel thieves was Ernest Le Ford, who stole thousands of dollars' worth of jewels from hotels ...
More than $31,000 in belongings were stolen from hotel rooms in a popular South Carolina vacation spot, officials said. People staying at a Homewood Suites returned to the hotel on Nov. 27 to find ...
The Pierre hotel robbery was a January 2, 1972 robbery at The Pierre in New York City. The robbery netted $3 million (worth $27 million today), and was organized by Samuel Nalo; Robert "Bobby" Comfort, an associate of the Rochester Crime Family ; and Christie "the Tic" Furnari, an associate of the Lucchese Crime Family .
According to Hotels.com's recently published Hotel Room Innsights Report, more than a third of hotels surveyed said that guests leave stuff behind in their rooms on at least 25% of their stays.
Bruce Fromong, a sports memorabilia dealer, testified that the group broke into his hotel room and stole memorabilia at gunpoint. [1] Three days later, on September 16, 2007, Simpson was arrested and initially held without bail. [2] He admitted taking the items, which he said had been stolen from him, but denied breaking into the room.
All four stolen items are of huge cultural significance to Romania, with the Helmet of Cotofenesti considered a national treasure. In the late 1990s, 24 bracelets from the same era were dug up by ...
Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska You know ghost traffic is high when the desk clerk keeps a separate guest log for spirits. One of the repeat haunters is the city's very first chief of police ...
A trend in personal items in the United States is to focus on American-made toiletries. In 2007, hotel amenity provider Gilchrist & Soames , conducted a voluntary worldwide recall, in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration of its 18-milliliter or 0.65-ounce tubes of complementary toothpaste with the company name on it.