A few years ago I had to bail out my friend from Irving jail. She was arrested in a sting conducted at the Four Seasons. Yeah, the Four Seasons.
Originally Posted by Infamous BJ
Irving and Addison have always been very aggressive in pursuing ladies. Since the 90's both cities have the reputation for committing a disproportional amount of resources going after ladies and their clients. Arlington and Irving have set up outcalls having ladies from other cities come in and then arresting them. I have heard, but never been able to confirm, that these two departments have also traveled to other cities for incalls and with cooperation of the "host" city arrested ladies at their incall location.
In the early 2000's Four Seasons and the Omni were legendary for their reputations of ladies being busted there. Four Seasons and the Omni...as a security and safety policy they stop everyone entering the building that they do not immediately recognize as a guest, they ask to see the keycard or they will ask for the person (and room number) you are visiting then call that person to verify they are expecting you. Renaissance in Richardson and Intercontinental in Addison do the same.
With most hotels requiring a valid government issued ID to register and check-in, all the data being entered and stored electronically...I don't think it's that difficult or time consuming for LE to cross reference against a database of open warrants. I know when we do background checks for new employees, if the applicant uses a smartphone running the phone number, name, date of birth (not always required), and home address (not always required) we get all sorts of results, from eccie posts, craiglist ads, all forms of social media (FB, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, high school reunion sites, etc...), any aliases used, other emails connected to the person, old and current phone numbers used...pretty much anything you have ever done with a smartphone shows up.
I think a better question is why would a hotel, single or chain, not provide LE with a guest list? The list is property of the hotel, and they do sell it to advertisers, so why not provide it to LE?
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