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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-PJ
$65,000 walking around money? Don’t think so.
Clearly a dumba$$ who had it coming.
Now that producer on the other hand........
What,in God's name,is this clown doing bringing $120K-worth of "stuff" to a political convention?????
Where was his wife?
...and when is his divorce being announced?
Cheers!
While that’s a lot of valuables lost (earring? on a Republican man?) if it were me, I’d have taken my lumps, figure I got rolled and never have filed a police report. My reputation would be worth more than that, and those items can be replaced, my reputation can’t.
It's called an entertainment tax.
Apparently he’s single with a cash flow. But that’s some expensive stuff to be traveling around with.
Bet ya the presiding insurance company is going to investigate this thoroughly. If there is an insurance company....
OK, why would someone take even $50,000 to the convention. I can’t imagine taking that much with me on a trip anywhere.
Probably a designer watch like Patek Phillipe. We are talking watches that are essentially high end jewelry that just happens to be a watch.
Did he buy the girl the stuff prior to getting to the hotel room? Probably thought he should get some payback after laying out that much dough.
Hey, I’M not responsible for the slow package delivery in your part of the country...
I warned you....but you just could not stay away....
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