Posted on 07/09/2009 11:18:45 AM PDT by rawhide
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Authorities say a prankster persuaded a married couple to smash their Florida hotel window after falsely telling them the room had a gas leak.
Police say a person claiming to be a front-desk clerk at an Orlando hotel convinced the couple to break a wall mirror and use a lamp to punch a hole through the wall. The couple also threw a mattress out the window, but a hotel manager came to the room before they could jump.
The manager told the couple there was no gas leak.
The prank cost about $5,000 in damages. Police say the couple were not arrested Monday because they thought it was an emergency. The hotel has not asked them to pay.
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so their door was broken?
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