Posted on 09/16/2008 12:04:22 PM PDT by MplsSteve
He met her in the bar of the swank hotel and invited her to his room. Once there, the woman fixed the drinks and told him to get undressed.
And that, the delegate to the Republican National Convention told police, was the last thing he remembered.
When he awoke, the woman was gone, as was more than $120,000 in money, jewelry and other belongings.
The thief's take stunned cops.
"It's very, very, very rare," Minneapolis Police Sgt. William Palmer said. "I can think of a couple of burglaries where we had that much stolen, but it's the first time I've heard of this kind of deal."
In a statement released today, Gabriel Nathan Schwartz, 29, of Denver, put the figure at much less.
"It's embarrassing to admit that I was a target of a crime. I was drugged and had about $50,000 of personal items stolen, not the inflated number that the media is reporting from an inaccurate police report," he said.
"As a single man, I was flattered by the attention of a beautiful woman who introduced herself to me. I used poor judgment."
Contacted by the Denver Post Monday, Schwartz declined to speak on the record. In the statement released today, Schwartz said he would decline further interview requests.
The haul included a $30,000 watch, a $20,000 ring, a necklace valued at $5,000, earrings priced at $4,000 and a Prada belt valued at $1,000, police said.
Schwartz is a single attorney and a fixture in Colorado Republican politics. He was one of the state's delegates to the convention this month in St. Paul.
Reached by phone at his law office Monday, Schwartz said that because the case still was under investigation, "I think at this point, I don't want to make a comment on it."
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I love to meet the complete dumbass that checks into a hotel with that much in valuables and a woman he didnt know. I’ve never met someone this stupid.
Bet he was targeted and his weakness known for women.
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“As a single man, I was flattered by the attention of a beautiful woman who introduced herself to me. I used poor judgment.”
** Yeah right.
Stupid is right.
I’m guessing he was a hung-over left-over from the DNC party the previous week. And decided to party on with the repubs.
What a DUmb-A$$.
As one of my female friends would say, “He was thinking with the wrong head”.
He is single, what is he doing with ear rings, necklace,belts. Sounds kinda hokey to me.
I cannot tell who is ‘Guilty’ without pictures.... ;)
This dumbass got what he wanted (in a way), but he didn’t get kissed! Good for her-doing to a lawyer what they have done to us!!
Insurance fraud?
What a dumb-ass.
Sure you have. They just don't admit it is all.
Some cop. It's the first time someone ADMITTED to getting rolled.
Giuliani delegate?
"Only enough blood to think with one head at a time" is a story as old as humanity....
"Sin (i.e. Adultery, fornication, whoremongering) will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you're willing to pay"
Another famous fellow used to quote his momma as saying: "Stupid is as stupid does"
"Sin (i.e. Adultery, fornication, whoremongering) will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you're willing to pay"
Another famous fellow used to quote his momma as saying: "Stupid is as stupid does"
Can someone tell me what brand of watch costs $30K? I don't think a Rolex is anywhere near this expensive. And as for the earings and the Prada belt, let's just say he was at the wrong party's convention.
sorry
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