Dumbass 11/26/2009
A robber who made off with cash after splitting open a hotel clerk's head with a fire extinguisher Wednesday was caught quickly because he left behind his high school diploma, Social Security card and car title, officials said. Swanson Jacob Swanson, 32, was arrested about 8 a.m. -- three hours after investigators believe he robbed Destination Daytona Hotel & Suites on U.S. 1 near Ormond Beach. Once deputies found his personal information in a folder, they pulled up his driver's license photo online and compared it to the images on the hotel's surveillance video, Volusia County sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said. Swanson is accused of demanding money from a 46-year-old female clerk, Davidson said. When she pulled out her cell phone to call for help, he grabbed the phone and smashed her in the head with a fire extinguisher. "The impact opened up a gash that required six staples to close," Davidson said. "After striking the clerk, the suspect forced the victim into the front office and then stole her purse, a money drawer and a money bag from the hotel's onsite pub." Investigators got another break when they were tipped that Swanson was staying at a Sleep Inn in Palm Coast, Davidson said. Flagler County deputies rounded up Swanson and booked him into the Flagler County Inmate Facility. Swanson confessed to Volusia investigators and is being held on $135,000 bail.  Comments Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply |