Fairmont Copley Plaza Employees Busted for Jewellery Theft
Chris · August 28, 2007
HotelChatter pointed out today that two room attendants at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Boston were arraigned yesterday in Boston Municipal Court on charges of larceny over $250.
According to Boston.com, police said eleven pieces of jewellery worth “upwards of $100,000” were stolen and later recovered, but that other items are still missing. The family told hotel security officials and Boston police that the jewellery was actually worth $1 million.
Relatives and police yesterday said they are still trying to determine the precise value of a pearl necklace, a silver watch, a pair of silver earrings, a gold bracelet, four silver chains, and one silver bracelet.
“Still wearing their black hotel uniforms, the two housekeepers—Ailina Fernandes, 27, and Ramatu Deen, 30,—were arraigned yesterday in Boston Municipal Court on charges of larceny over $250. Both pleaded not guilty, and bail was set at $1,000 cash by Judge Robert J. McKenna Jr., who ordered the women to return to court Oct. 5.”
What is particularly brutal about this event in my mind is that housekeeping room attendants are very often first to blame when guest items are lost or misplaced by guests themselves. This kind of press only makes things worse for room attendants everywhere--not to mention some miserable press for Fairmont Hotels.
So much for ”there’s no such thing as bad press”.
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