A woman is facing a court date after being detained by a hotel manager prior to her arrest for the alleged theft of a wallet.
At 10:40 a.m. on July 10, the local hotel manager contacted Salmon Arm RCMP to report a guest's wallet had been stolen, and they (the manager) were holding the suspect "trapped in a room."
Police attended and met with the manager, who said the suspect, a 42-year-old female, had come into the hotel and claimed to be the sister of a guest in a room, said media liaison Const. Andrew Hodges in a news release.
"The suspect entered that room, telling the guest they were a maintenance employee," continued Hodges. "The victim told police that their wallet was missing after the suspect left their room, but they didn’t see the suspect take it."
Police entered the room the suspect was in and arrested her for theft under $5,000. Hodges said the victim’s wallet and all its contents were located in the room the suspect was in – "after the suspect informed police the wallet was behind the headboard but claimed she 'didn’t do it.'"
The suspect was released with a future court date, and police continue to investigate.
