Intruder caught breaking into hotel room, implicates security guard

Jan 07, 2013 News

A burglar who twice broke into a customer’s room at a popular New Amsterdam hotel and stole a quantity of cash and other articles has implicated a security guard as the person who hired him to carry out the act.
The intruder was successful in his first attempt in which he stole $94,000, but was caught on the second attempt and given a sound trashing before being handed over to the police.
The guard was also apprehended and handed over to the police.
The guest and his wife who operate a lumber yard in Georgetown and are regular patrons at the hotel checked into the facility around 19:00 hrs on Friday evening.
They went out and returned around 23:00hrs and retired to bed.
The man said that he was awakened around 05:00 hrs the following morning by the noise of the nearby church doing morning prayers.
He stated that he was actually shocked when he noticed a light entering the room. Upon looking keenly he noticed the blinds were pulled to the side and the bars removed or broken.
He then noticed a shadow outside the window. He secreted himself and soon after an intruder came crawling through the open window.
Gathering all the courage he had, he grabbed the man and the two were engaged in a tussle, with the ensuing commotion awaking his wife.
The woman said that she immediately called the front desk and reported that an intruder was in their room.
In the meantime, the men continued to tussle and after getting the worst of the encounter, the intruder began to beg, revealing that he was sent by the man in “red shirt” downstairs.
Not long after there was a knock on the door and a man with a red shirt was standing at the entrance. He identified himself as the guard. The intruder identified him as the man who sent him to break into the room. The guard told the business man to allow the intruder to go, but suspecting that something was amiss the businessman said that he picked up the broken window bar and commanded the intruder to go under the bed. He then ordered the guard to join the intruder under the bed. The two engaged in a scramble before he overpowered the guard and forced him also under the bed. The police were called and they arrived promptly to arrest the two men.
Upon checking the businessman noticed that all his money was missing from his pocket, and the intruder later confirmed that he had entered before and taken the money which he gave to the guard. He was on his second trip to look for more money, jewelry and other valuables when he was caught. The money was subsequently recovered.
The man said that he went to the hotel with $100,000. Six of which was used to pay the receptionist for the room. The guard was in the vicinity and had noticed him doing the transaction.
Proprietors of the hotel were tight lipped.

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