Another hotel robber on the loose

1:29 PM, Jul 10, 2012   |    comments
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WZZM)- Grand Rapids police are looking for the gunman who held up a hotel off of 28th Street.

The incident happened around 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Fairfield Inn near the corner of 28th Street and East Paris.

Authorities say the suspect had a gun and demanded money from the hotel, then ran away.

Police brought in a search dog to track the gunman's scent, but the tracking was not successful.

Police will not confirm if this robbery is related to at least four other hotel hold-ups in the area. All of which have occured in the past two months.

One man has already been arrested for a robbery at the Sleep Inn on May 18th. The Sleep Inn was robbed twice.

Robberies at Homewood Suites and the Ramada Inn are still under investigation.