Crime & Safety
Reward Points Fraud Complaint Ends With Gun Arrest At Hotel: NRPD
The suspect was "Bonvoyed" after the Marriott called to report that he was trying to pay for a room with someone else's loyalty points.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A Bronx man accused of fraudulently trying to use someones else's hotel reward points to pay for a room, ended up with a different sort of accommodation when police discovered he had an unlicensed hand gun.
On Tuesday, shortly before noon, New Rochelle police were called to the Marriott Residence Inn at New Roc City after the hotel reported that a customer may be fraudulently using someone else’s ‘Marriott Rewards Points’ without permission to pay for a room. While investigating, police found that the suspect from the Bronx was in possession of a 9mm Kimber handgun that he did not have a permit to possess or carry.
Tylique J. Brown was arrested for felony criminal possession of a weapon. No fraud charges were filed against the 22-year-old.
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