HotelChatter

Can we reiterate--this was just an average family, at an average hotel. Not a famous sportscaster or a pop star going on a bender in a luxury hotel. Making it even worse, the family did not know that a perp has been spying on them until two months after they checked out.

That's because the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office didn't feel the need to notify the family until after the perp had been sentenced. And his sentence was fairly lenient.

Fugate was able to plea baragin to a misdemeanor charge, although initially he was charged with a felony. He will get two years probation and no jail time.

A hotel representative for Sage Hospitality told the TV station that guest safety and privacy is of "utmost importance" but said that the hotel was also a victim and that they would work to change the law on invasion of hotel guests' privacy.

While we're not quite sure what the punishment should be in a situation like this (offhand we would say "yes" to jailtime), we just hope there are better ways to prevent this type of intrusion in hotel rooms in the first place. Otherwise, everyone might be taking a permanent staycation.

[Photo: MikeCogh]