Patterico's Pontifications

2/8/2008

Traveling to Dallas?

Filed under: Current Events — DRJ @ 3:01 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

Business travelers beware: Love is in the air in Dallas and it’s not pretty:

“Well-dressed men at posh Dallas hotels and bars are being targeted by a ring of flirtatious women who may be drugging them before swiping their watches and other expensive items, police said. One man was hurt after possibly being beaten with a high-heeled shoe, police said. Another lost his wallet while in his car with his pants around his ankles.

About a half-dozen men have reported falling victim to the scheme, Dallas police detective Mark Jenkins said. Many were business travelers, and Jenkins suspects there are others too embarrassed to file police reports.

“I don’t know if so much it’s that the men are being attracted to them, as that (the suspects) are more or less forcing themselves on the men,” Jenkins said.”

Police think the women may be prostitutes who are drugging the mens drinks.

— DRJ

21 Responses to “Traveling to Dallas?”

  1. possibly being beaten with a high-heeled shoe

    Promises promises… 🙂

    Scott Jacobs (a1de9d) — 2/8/2008 @ 3:09 pm

  2. I would guess the Vice-Squad in ‘Vegas has done its’ job and chased these working-girls to different climes?

    Another Drew (a28ef4) — 2/8/2008 @ 3:11 pm

  3. I travel to Dallas at least once a year, but thankfully i’m immune to this particular scam. 🙂

    aphrael (e0cdc9) — 2/8/2008 @ 3:25 pm

  4. That was me with the high-heeled shoe. When I’m hanging out in posh Dallas bars I don’t expect to have to listen to Obamaphiles going on and on about “change.”

    I had nothing to do with the guy with the pants problem.

    driver (faae10) — 2/8/2008 @ 3:36 pm

  5. Where is Senator Craig when you need him?

    I think I’d hate to be the guy with the tomato size lump with stilleto heel mark in the center trying to explain the circumstances of the wound to my wife.

    “they were having a battlebot convention at the hotel and I lost a bet”

    “I went to the zoo during our off time and got this at the woodpecker exhibit”

    “some guys were playing lawn darts in the park and after a few beers things got out of hand… I actually won, but they were poor losers”

    SteveG (595d6f) — 2/8/2008 @ 3:52 pm

  6. “I don’t know if so much it’s that the men are being attracted to them, as that (the suspects) are more or less forcing themselves on the men,” Jenkins said.”

    Translation: The men are married and the detective is trying to make it easier on them when they have to confront their wives.

    tired (cd08a5) — 2/8/2008 @ 4:20 pm

  7. “I don’t know if so much it’s that the men are being attracted to them, as that (the suspects) are more or less forcing themselves on the men,”

    Yes, I imagine he was forced to be in his car with his pants around his ankles…

    Not My Problem (85ef67) — 2/8/2008 @ 4:49 pm

  8. Small potatoes, compared to alimony & property settlement.

    gp (d28186) — 2/8/2008 @ 5:12 pm

  9. Well, the airport in Dallas is named Love Field.Of course, the story doesn’t say if only men flying Southwest Airlines are being affected.

    John (34537e) — 2/8/2008 @ 7:24 pm

  10. Good one, John.

    DRJ (517d26) — 2/8/2008 @ 8:21 pm

  11. “For the lips of a strange woman drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.”

    Or, in this case, a Mickey Finn and a stilleto heel.

    nk (1e0a58) — 2/8/2008 @ 8:28 pm

  12. I was at Duke’s RoadHouse tonite in Addison and not one women approached me in this manner!! I’m very upset. I guess a Times doesnt warrant a rufie??

    chas (fb7ad4) — 2/8/2008 @ 9:01 pm

  13. I read something similar like this recently:

    The latest scam in our area which is happening at the airport.

    (Though this could spread elsewhere ??? )

    Two good looking 18 year old women come to your car as you are parking it.

    One starts wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, the other comes to your window saying “Hi Honey!” while bending over with her breasts almost coming out of her blouse.

    When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say no, and beg you for a ride to a nearby shopping center. You agree and tell them to sit in the back.

    On the way they start having sex in the back seat. Then one of them jumps to the front seat and starts to perform oral sex on you, while the other one steals your wallet.

    I was robbed last time I was in was at our airport on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, but I couldn’t find them Saturday or Sunday.

    Be very very careful.

    So as you can see, it’s a widespread problem.

    Patterico (4bda0b) — 2/8/2008 @ 9:08 pm

  14. This story may do a lot to increase Dallas-area business travel.

    DRJ (517d26) — 2/8/2008 @ 9:11 pm

  15. the comments are better than the story.

    PatAZ (56a0a8) — 2/8/2008 @ 9:59 pm

  16. Didn’t something similar happen to Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband? They found him naked in his Bentley in broad day light?

    tired (5e1281) — 2/8/2008 @ 11:27 pm

  17. i hate flying. can i get action like this at the dallas greyhound bus station?

    assistant devil's advocate (250f57) — 2/9/2008 @ 4:25 am

  18. I heard those 18-year-old female terrorists were at Walmart. My son reported that he had run out of wallets and, until he could buy some more, had been unable to monitor the situation.

    Mike K (86bddb) — 2/9/2008 @ 11:26 am

  19. Heh.

    Leviticus (3f9391) — 2/9/2008 @ 3:49 pm

  20. Many were business travelers, and Jenkins suspects there are others too embarrassed to file police reports.

    Or too married.

    Dana (556f76) — 2/9/2008 @ 5:45 pm

  21. BEWARE OF J.R. EUWING

    krazy kagu (f24007) — 2/10/2008 @ 2:39 pm


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