Possibly The Stupidest Hotel Thief Ever Tries To Burgle Mike Tyson
If we could be handing out more HotelChatter awards this week, this story would be a slam dunk in the "stupidest hotel thief ever" category (which shouldn't be confused with most inventive thief, or luckiest thief).
An unnamed intruder broke into a room at The Cosmopolitan shortly after midnight on New Year's Eve—probably assuming its inhabitants would be out partying. Which they weren't. Nor, he soon found out, were they just any old hotel guests. Fast asleep in bed, with his family around him, was heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who woke to strange "rustling sounds" and the glare of the intruder's flashlight, TMZ reports.
Incredibly, the thief got away with his ear face intact. On second thought, maybe that "luckiest thief" title should go to him after all.
We wonder if the thief somehow finagled an all-access key card, or just knew how to jimmy the door open. Because unlike other hotels we heard about this week, The Cosmopolitan, as far as we know, didn't suffer from any lock mechanism malfunctions after midnight.
It isn't clear whether the thief actually spotted Tyson himself, or simply ran when someone inside the room stirred. For all we know, he'd already made out with a bunch of loot from other rooms he'd already hit that night, and didn't view Tyson's room as a loss.
So remember, future guests: use that hotel safe! And if the battery is low, call down to the Front Desk! Or just call Mike Tyson. Thieves tend to keep their distance from him...
[Photo: Mike-Tyson.info]
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