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Guest’s personal information stolen from Romulus hotel, police seek culprit

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Dissent

Dane Sager Kelly reports on low-tech theft of identity info:

Police are asking for public assistance in identifying and locating a man in connection with the theft of personal information at a Holiday Inn on Nov. 28.

[…]

On Nov. 28, at approximately 4:35 a.m., the front desk received a phone call from a woman who claimed to have left her wallet in the hotel’s fitness center, police said. When the clerk left to check for the wallet, the man jumped over the counter and stole a binder containing the credit card and identification information of approximately 30 guests, police say. The man left the binder in a nearby bathroom and exited the hotel.

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