NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Metro Police detectives are working to locate two burglary suspects in connection with a scheme where the individuals act as hotel guests while breaking into rooms.
On May 5, police say the victims reported several thousand dollars worth of their belongings had been taken from their room at the Westin Hotel on Clark Place in downtown Nashville.
The two were seen on surveillance video. Police identified one of the suspects as Ronald Fillinger Jr., 53. Detectives are working to identify his accomplice.
Warrants charging aggravated burglary and theft of property have been issued against Fillinger in this case, police say. Additionally, two warrants charging aggravated burglary have been issued against Fillinger in two separate cases.
On March 26, Fillinger is alleged to have used an employee’s key card to gain access to a hotel room at the Courtyard by Marriot in Nashville’s West End where he took nearly $1,000 worth of items.
Police say the luggage that he was in possession of and left behind at the Marriot was recovered. Inside was Fillinger’s Davidson County Sheriff’s Office issued prisoner ID card.
He was last arrested on Jan. 31 after he was found sleeping in an unoccupied room of the SoBro Apartments & Homesharing on Lea Avenue. The door to a room had been left open for the room to be dehumidified, according to investigators.
On March 20, police say Fillinger is alleged to have stolen multiple items from a room at the Wyndham hotel on 2415 McGavock Pike. Several of the belongings taken in this burglary were recovered in the luggage Fillinger left behind at the Courtyard by Marriot on West End.
Anyone knowing Fillinger’s whereabouts or the identity of his accomplice in the May 5 burglary is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
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