BOSTON (WHDH) - A woman is facing a robbery charge after she allegedly robbed a man at a Boston hotel while armed with a Taser on Tuesday in what police are calling a “dating app disaster.”
Officers responding to a reported armed robbery at the Hyatt Regency on Avenue De LaFayette around 11:50 a.m. met with the victim who said he had gone to the hotel to visit a woman he had met on a dating app, later identified as Selena Rivera-Apodaca, 24, of Kent, Washington.
They went up to her hotel room, where they talked for about a half-hour before she pulled out a Taser and held it to him while she rummaged through his pockets, the victim reportedly told police.
She allegedly stole more than $100 from him before he was able to run out of the room.
The victim notified the hotel’s security staff, who in turn called police.
Officers went to the Rivera-Apodaca’s hotel room and she denied knowing the victim, police said.
She eventually became uncooperative and started to FaceTime another man when officers noticed a pink Taser on the top of her luggage, according to police.
Officers recovered the Taser and Rivera-Apodaca was taken into custody.
She did not appear for her arraignment in Boston Municipal Court Wednesday and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
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