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Judge Orders Detention of Suspected Hotel Thief Linked to 15 Robberies Across Madrid and the Balearics

A guest-impersonation scheme led to pretrial custody after investigators linked cases across regions.

Overview

  • Police attribute 15 counts of robbery with force in hotels in Madrid, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca.
  • Investigators say he posed as a guest with a faulty key and a blocked safe password to gain access, then took cash, documents and valuables.
  • In August, reported losses exceeded €38,000 at Ibiza hotels and about €60,000 in Palma, according to police.
  • He was arrested after an October 10 theft at a Chamartín hotel, two days after a Chamberí detention, and officers later found him within hours with stolen items.
  • Authorities also cite an alleged document-forgery offense and a pending Bilbao claim for robbery with violence, and say he traveled between targets on a rental motorcycle.