Female Hotel Guests Awake to Find Prowler ‘Fondling Their Feet’.
A prowler is reportedly breaking into women's hotel rooms in the Lake Tahoe region and "fondling their feet" as they sleep, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
On both Sunday and Monday morning, two separate female guests reported waking up at around 4.30 a.m. to an intruder in their room touching their feet.
"In both cases, the victim’s rooms were on the ground floor and it is suspected at this time that the suspect entered the rooms via the unsecured exterior screen door," the sheriff's office said in a statement. After waking, guests reported that the intruder left via the screen door. No description of the suspect was shared.
The sheriff's office did not name the hotel but said it is located on the 180 block of Elks Point Road. The Club Wyndham South Shore resort is located on that block in Zephyr Cove, a few miles over the California border from South Lake Tahoe. SFGATE reached out to Wyndham for comment but had not heard back at time of publication.
The sheriff's office advises residents and guests staying in the Lake Tahoe area to secure all exterior doors to their homes and hotel rooms.
Anyone with information is asked to contact investigator Scott Wharton of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 775-586-7253.
A prowler is reportedly breaking into women's hotel rooms in the Lake Tahoe region and "fondling their feet" as they sleep, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
On both Sunday and Monday morning, two separate female guests reported waking up at around 4.30 a.m. to an intruder in their room touching their feet.
"In both cases, the victim’s rooms were on the ground floor and it is suspected at this time that the suspect entered the rooms via the unsecured exterior screen door," the sheriff's office said in a statement. After waking, guests reported that the intruder left via the screen door. No description of the suspect was shared.
The sheriff's office did not name the hotel but said it is located on the 180 block of Elks Point Road. The Club Wyndham South Shore resort is located on that block in Zephyr Cove, a few miles over the California border from South Lake Tahoe. SFGATE reached out to Wyndham for comment but had not heard back at time of publication.
The sheriff's office advises residents and guests staying in the Lake Tahoe area to secure all exterior doors to their homes and hotel rooms.
Anyone with information is asked to contact investigator Scott Wharton of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 775-586-7253.
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00:00 Female hotel guests awake to find prowler "fondling their feet." Authorities in Nevada
00:05 warned this week that a prowler is entering women's hotel rooms and "fondling their feet"
00:10 as they sleep. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said two incidents occurred at around
00:15 4.30 a.m. on Sunday and Monday in which the women woke and found the intruder touching
00:21 their feet. In both cases, the victims' rooms were on the ground floor and it is suspected
00:26 at this time that the suspect entered the rooms via the unsecured exterior screen door,
00:31 the Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. A description of the intruder was not disclosed.
00:38 The Sheriff's Office also did not name the hotel where the incidents took place, but
00:42 described it as a resort on the 180 block of Elks Point Road, where the club Wyndham
00:48 South Shore is located. Wyndham did not respond to a request for comment from SFGate. Authorities
00:55 advised guests staying in the Lake Tahoe area to make sure all exterior doors are securely
01:00 closed.