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Guest Takes Off With Not-So-Free Swag From Fairmont Dallas

Where: 1717 N Akard St [map], Dallas, TX, United States, 75201

We don't condone stealing, and we would never consider stealing anything (well, anything except hearts, that is), but we have to ask: is it actually much, much easier than we think it is to steal from a hotel?

Check this out: police are currently investigating a pretty serious theft that went down at the Fairmont Dallas, where a guest apparently took off with two plasma TV's and a coffee maker from her hotel room without anyone really noticing.

According to the Dallas Morning News:

The Fairmont hotel, located at 1717 North Akard St., reported this morning the theft of two 36-inch, LG plasma televisions and a coffee maker, Dallas police said.

A woman checked into two hotel rooms Friday and placed “Do not disturb” signs on each of the rooms’ doors and refused room service, police said. The woman then left the hotel either late Sunday or early Monday without checking out at the front desk.

Really? It's that easy? A couple DND signs and some crafty cover-names at check-in? Huh. We guess it probably is. Surely the lady was caught on camera or some such and it's likely that the investigation will turn up something — in the meantime, she's somewhere sipping a nice cup of brew and enjoying some good old fashioned television, we suppose.