Housekeeper Stole $35,000 Diamond Ring at a Marriott Hotel

Housekeeping staff member at Marriott affiliated hotel, the Cavalier (Autograph Collection) in Virginia Beach, had used the housekeeping master key to enter the guest room and stole a $35,000 ring from the in-room safe, the Loyalty Lobby website reports.

Chrystal Monique Gregory, 28, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in August and sentenced to 30 days in jail for stealing the high-priced $35,000 diamond ring, the report goes on to say.

Prosecutors said she used an employee key to break into an Ohio couple’s suite at The Cavalier hotel. Once inside, she entered a master code to open a safe where the victims left the 2¼-carat diamond engagement ring. It featured a platinum and gold band and diamonds encrusted along the centerpiece, an appraiser found.

The housekeeper staff member maybe didn’t know that once a master code is used, the code is reset, which prevents guests from opening the safe later and having access to their personal valuables.

When questioned by police, Gregory admitted to going in the room alone to clean it on the day of the theft, the report on Loyalty Lobby concludes.