San Jose hotel room breakin attempt caught on camera
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2023
- A woman visiting San Jose on business was in her hotel room when someone started trying to open her door from the outside using a bizarre device, and she caught the terrifying experience on video. Robert Handa reports.
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Imagine if you were in the shower and didn't hear or see it happening...
So they didnt run away while been -noticed- ?
She wouldn't be giggling then.
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@LoriL010 I was not imagining that, but now I am... Thanks a lot, Lori. (hiding under covers emoji)
Thats why you bring a small glass cup or christmas tree ornament and place it at the top of the door handle. Anyone trying to open the door will end up knocking it down in the process and it will make a loud noise. I always leave the bathroom door slightly open if I am the only one at home or in a hotel. Makes a big difference in feeling vibrations from movement and sound.
She was frustrating the sh!t out of them wondering why they couldn't find the handle 😂
lol 😂
HAHAHAHA! I would've calmly waited for them to open the door, then provided them with the surprise of their lives.
OMG. I would have done that and started hysterically laughing. When people do crazy things, be crazy back. If they scare you, scare them back.
Good for them!😢
@@jntj3007 oh no! Not AGAIN😢 It's not that serious!
I would’ve yanked that stick away from them.
Right would have been tug a war
Hell yea
and then crammed it up their keyhole.
Should have tied the cable around the knob or something that would not let them retrieve it.
Exactly....
She's crazy to think an Air bnb is anymore safe smh it's 2023 lady
I’m always afraid the keys could be duplicated
Foreal she went from someone trying to break in to someone spying on her 24/7 and potentially breaking in too
I said the same thing. No security at all.
Omg this is scary😳
Does this hotel not have cameras that could identify the suspects? She's taking it in stride but its no laughing matter!
According to her it was 🤣
This hotel and the area around it are a hotbed of crime.
I have a bridge to sell for anyone who believes this story. She's laughing about the whole thing. The interview is filmed on her cell phone. The guy with the tool got nowhere near the handle and would not have picked an occupied room. This screams fake.
@@MarkWongMD "The interview is filmed on her cell phone. "
This is very common nowadays, no reason to spend money to fly someone out for such non-news.
@@jrregan like that don't happen
The fact hotel staff let them get away is enough to know Holiday Inn doesn’t care about their guests.
Edit- it’s called hotel security, people.
Why wasn’t the authorities called? This makes one wonder if the staff may be in on this just as well.
apparently you've never worked any kind of retail or customer service. what were they supposed to do, put them in a choke hold until cops got there? they're not allowed to physically stop suspects from fleeing or else lose their jobs. basically any corporation has that rule in place to prevent potential harm to their employees but more to prevent potential lawsuits
@@1marineforce chick fil a would put them in a chokehold buy this ain’t chick fil a
no one is get paid enough to put their life on the line for a company
The hotel staff is expected to fight and restrain criminals? Nah ma'am risking our lives is not part of our job description; that's what the police is for. Pretty sure thieves come equipped with at least a knife if not a gun.
The owner of that Holiday Inn should give her 100,000 hotel points for this terrible incident.
why so little points?
Free visits for a year at least. The hotel desk obviously wasn't monitoring the hallway cameras. Businesses always expect customers to diligently follow a book of policies but rarely follow the rules themselves.
I mean that would be nice. But it's honestly not the hotel's fault this happened. These weren't hotel employees trying to get in... It was likely some crackheads looking to squat in a vacant room for a few days... If you got mugged in a Wal-Mart, would you expect Wal-Mart to compensate you for someone else's actions? I hope not...
And you should go out of business
@@MrLebowski405 it’s the hotels fault for not adding additional security. I would sue them.
She's very cavalier for what could have been a deadly situation. Police fail.
More like Hotel Worker Fail !!!
more like california fail
@@chosen1520 all states have similar issues. Nothing would have been different in any other state. You realize most of these chain hotels exist in multiple states? Lmao you are dumb
Nothing deadly about it. They were looking for an empty room to rob, thats why they knocked.
@@doc-holliday- and you know that how? Are you telling me that robberys don't end in violence ever? How ignorant of you.
We have a doorstop that has an alarm when pushed that we use when we travel. You just place it and set the sensitivity level. Stay safe out there.
Where can I purchase one? Thank you for sharing
Where to purchase?
@@LottyDotty05 Thank you! I travel a lot for work and will purchase one.
@@LottyDotty05looks like a wedge you put under the door?
@LifesanAdventureinCooking1202 yep, that is exactly what it is, but if someone is coming in, it will sound. So in our room we place it at night before we go to sleep and remove it when we wake up. We use it as a door wedge as well by turning the alarm off.
Why is everyone so happy??? smh wtf???
I used to work at a hotel and maintinace has this too for this when the batter goes dead in the lock. They also have a tool to open the flip lock. It was probably someone that had hotel maintinace experiance.
Inside job!
Or it was the hotel maintenance themselves trying to get her out of squatting, right…..
She was in extreme danger and doesn’t seem to realize it!!! 💯 This is NOT funny. Sometimes people want a person, not things. Trafficking is a real thing that happens. They may have been targeting her.
Yes. Trafficking does happen but not as much or as upfront as many people would want you to believe. Most times people are either tricked or coerced into being trafficked, not be abducted from a reasonably safe hotel, in a reasonably safe part of a city.
I agree. Not funny.
Sometimes laughter is just a coping mechanism masking shock or the seriousness of a situation. It doesn't actually mean that she finds it funny. I could be wrong in HER case, but overall laughter doesn't equal funny when victims recount traumatic experiences
Shut up. Ain’t nobody trying to traffic a middle age lady. They was trying to rob her.
@@leternadia no. It was a robbery attempt.
I drive for doordash and I see weirdos around the hotels all the time .... We do take photos in case any food comes up missing so see if any delivery drivers were in the building ....
besides food being missing, how about delivery drivers or people in general??? And honestly...how do you figure out who is a weirdo and who isn't??? I find it harder to do every day...I people watch alot, and it's a freak show out there...I spent an hour in the parking lot after a dr appt today, and I wanted to go back and ask for anxiety meds...
Do those weirdos want to tongue-out your crack?
@@MoveoverAndbark people trying to peak in windows or cut screens, talking to young kids or tugging on bike locks. tweekers seem like the majority of the people who stay in hotels these days. every hooker has some creepy dude who has to kill time while his girl is turning tricks, so you see alot of dudes riding bikes into parking lots in circles looking for stuff to steal.
This woman could have been murdered, raped, strangled, robbed, etc, and she's laughing about it. A small taste of what is so wrong with this country.
First of all, things like this happen everywhere in the world. Second, sometimes people laugh due to nervousness or relief. It might be her way of processing the potential trauma of the situation.
Each person has their own way of releasing tension. At that time, it was dangerous, but after it was all over, she can release all of that nervousness by laughing. Cops stand around and laugh and talk after a pursuit or any tense situation. It's a stress reliever.
I'd be a little bit more concerned....
I still remember when someone came in my room at 2:30 in the morning. The guy walked in and I pointed my .44 at him and he walked out. Had the nerve to call the police.
Is that what you call your penis?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
BYEEEEE THE NERVE IS MAKING ME CROAAAKKKKK🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😮😮what!! How did you hear him come in 😮
A second safety mechanism that can only be activated when you are inside for added security! Imagine you are sleeping and strangers is at the foot of the bed!😬 It's scary just thinking about it! 😫
Crimefornia
Most hotel doors have a latch that's kinda like the chain on doors people's homes. Use that.
@@mando074 they would probably coat hanger that to undo it as well, people can figure stuff out, sadly they do not figure out how to get jobs and have income...other than full time criminal life...
Dang I'm freaked out looking at this , I will be putting a chair or something behind the door when i go
@@mando074 It's not strong enough!
Imagine if you’re in a sound sleep, that’s nuts, yikes
Terrible honestly she is way to calm for this
If you ride the light rail you know this hotel - it's the large, light green one where the most "interesting" people get on and off the train. Bigtime human trafficking area, and as for the 7-11 in that area, the guys working there deserve combat pay. This area around this hotel is where you go to people-watch, and to learn that streetwalkers are still very much a thing. This is the one hotel you want to avoid at all costs.
Is it me or do they sell meth in the 711 parking garage
Yikes I wonder why she picked this place
@@TheRealBrownShady I live in NYC so yes ik all the bad areas. Also I research before I go anywhere so not silly. I could be standing across the street and I'm going to Google is the area safe and look at reviews. I'm not blaming her just wondering did she research or just wonder in. If you google the hotel they hsve enough bad reviews to steer clear.
@@TheRealBrownShady Easy look at crime rate, Google the neighborhood and it'll tell you if you should be there or not. The same way you do when you go on vacation in a foreign country is the same you do when going to an unfamiliar state. That's like saying well we can't trust reports on Compton, CA. Might as well get a hotel there and walk aimlessly around 🙄. Other comments are saying that area looks sketchy asf too. Just use your judgment not saying this couldn't happen in Hollywood or Beverly hills. My comment was bed kn others people comments that LIVE in that area who said it's sketchy. Go argue with the residents.
Problem is that there are more and more of these abby-normal places now, and safe places are the unusual now...
Something like that happened to me in Spokane a couple years ago. I just grabbed the thing and yanked it out of their hands. They bolted and left me the slimjim, and a set of rakes and wrenches. I scored about $250 usd worth of their lock picking tools, the irony is that the most valuable thing that I had was an old cd player that I got at a thrift store.
To this day I think it was a janitor or security guy who worked at the hotel.
THIS is why I never travel without a rubber doorstop... From inside the room, regardless of what you do outside the room, the door cannot be opened...
I just use a chair
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Seems fair but if there's an emergency like you pass out due to smoke inhalation, you're preventing your rescue. I think if you're there, they aren't coming in. Maybe use the stop if they continue the attempt.
Your a genius. Thanks definitely will be bringing one whenever I travel now.
You're passive, most people, especially those from Texas say they would blast the criminals away with their guns...it is getting to the point where I'm beginning to side with the way Texans say they would handle situations...besides a rubber doorstop, you may wanna bring a baseball bat and a shotgun...and some handi-wipes...
She's smiling?
Those thieves better be careful. The wrong hotel room will get them two in he chest and one in the head
And the victim locked up for self defense. Sad
Put that on the wish list.
You can easily just aim where a bed is in a room and kill a "law abiding citizen" in their sleep. ITS IMPOSSIBLE to defend urself from gunfire, with a gun or not. You can NOT react in time, giving criminals UNLIMITED power, like in Texas:
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@@MrJSpicoli You wait for them to get in first, then you blast 'em. Geez.
I can't believe she's laughing
This is scary 😢
this goofie laughing shit has to stop 🛑
They need to start putting little barriers under those doors.
I always roll up a towel and use it to block the bottom.
You can put a chair in front of the door, and always use the latch or chain lock!
put a table/ chair against the door
the gap under the door is allowing the fresh air to enter the room. Those people don't have enough experience to open that kind of door.
@@theoriginalkrabbypatty that swing bar lock was engaged in the video.
Glad she played along and caught what many would have never caught. There are devices she can travel with to lock the door. Anywho can't wait to see what the video showed of the perps.
Why let people like this go to do it again? Mindblowing.
Are you deaf, honey? Can't read? Or just can't comprehend what you've read? 😢😢😢
Apparently criminal behaviour is so widespread in States that they stopped housing culprits in jail. In Cali you can get away with petty theft.
Its San jose
Tehy cannot physically restrain people. Get real.
theyre not specifically yargetting anyone . mostly ppl that do this just want spme place warm and comfortable to sleep and a shower.....they have no money of course to get it thselves so they look for hopefully empty rooms amd go in ......
Debra just found the whole thing absolutely hilarious!
Right!
Seems to me they were looking for a victim.
Why would they want an empty room?
@@steve7015 travelers leave suitcases and things in their room they dont want to carry everywhere
Maybe she was in on it. She didn't call the cops, did she?
@Quartzon Music it basically stinks. Also the video went on a little too long. Was she holding the camera or was it somebody else?
i wouldve broke that shit. she was too nice.
this is how locksmiths open my door when I lock myself out
Quite a few locksmiths have side hustles like this, just saying. The same goes for alarm techs, they know the ins & outs by trade.
You say it like it happens often
@@HiThisIsMine You'd be surprised. I know a guy who loses his phone every few weeks
When I lost my key a few months ago. They just drilled a hole into my lock, replaced it with a new lock and gave me a new key. Also luckily I called like 10 different locksmiths, so I ended up avoiding some very high prices they were about to charge me.
@@Dave.... Making 10 phone calls is far more effort than I would have made, I'd probably do about 3 calls and compare services and prices...good locksmiths are very crafty, and think about locksmiths with an evil streak in them...
Tourist advice…Don’t travel to the SF Bay Area…it’s a danger zone!
@@jrregan yes plz stay in TX
@@jrregan No, there are safer places up North , South etc…the cities however, are hell holes.
Imagine thinking the entire state of california is represented by the Bay Area, I’m sure Newport and laguna beach is very dangerous. That was sarcasm because those cities support and like their cops.
@@jobturkey7418 isnt that the area where a bunch of marines were just assaulted on memorial day smdh
@mukd3985 it’s actually not. If your gonna insult me at least look on an easily accessible map.
It was nice of her to let them keep their robbery tool.
I wouldn't have.
@I am always learning Well there WAS that locked door between them, so I'd say the chances of retaliation were slim to none.
@@Iamalwayslearning and I promise you're not the only one who carries I'll be sitting there waiting like 🔫🙂 anybody like Swiss cheese
i never even ask them to clean the room, i put do not disturb and hide essentials
Man if she had just let them open it and the lady was just standing there to catch the confrontation this would have been viral
Imagine the fun someone could have with an extension cord and a jumper wire.
Sinister yet justified. I like it.
I’d be so scared
A bite worse than a bark would be beneficial.
Always leave the tv on and the “Do Not Disturb” sign on your hotel room door when you leave for a couple of hours.
While many travelers will ask for "down and out" ... this is **EXACTLY** why I never do. Being at isolated end of corridor - and where many times there is a stairwell right next - is dangerous for many reasons.
lol imagine they pulled this on the wrong one and got curb stomped and the person went back to bed like nothing happened.
That is so super scary. OMG!!! To think they got away as well because there is no picture of the couple.
Note to self… Don’t stay at Holiday Inn since they apparently have horrible security.
That's why I always use the top latch lock that's located on the top inside door
That’s why we don’t stay in hotels anymore. I had someone use a key once to get into my room. When I told the front desk, their reaction wasn’t too surprising. Yep.
Yeah, I walked in on guests once because the front desk gave us the wrong key and room number.
There's an inexpensive hotel door lock you can buy online that allows you prevent any door whether hotel or air BNB from being opened. Downside is it has to be applied from the inside. So you can use it if you're leaving your room. Still, it's nice to have so you sleep more peaceful
You can also use a fork. If you break it in half and jam the prongs in and then leverage it with the other half. ;)
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This is where i take my front desk serious. If you're not registered on my system, you're not gaining access to anything. Been called out by RUDE people that don't get this but hey I'm keeping everyone safe. Just last night i had a guy try to check into a room that was under his mom's name yet she didn't add him on.... Sorry not sorry
Yes because that's exactly how you look for a friend. Nah Debra get one of those metal things that goes between the door that will work lol
People actually travel without a weapon? That Holiday Inn would have needed a new door and a serious carpet cleaning.
Why didn't she yank the stick away from them?
This is why I bring those "travel door locker" whenever I went to travel.
With all the video surveillance and cameras everywhere, it's hard to believe the hotel has no footage of the culprits! Sounds like an inside job🧐🙄
Bingo ! Plus , she was at a hotel near the airport and she's traveling alone. Alot of human-traffickers work at spas and hotels because single women frequent these places. In Atl you should never go to an oriental spa due to the fact alot of girls go missing at those spas.
I worked in hotels for 24 years. Employees have turned peepholes around backwards and with technology they now know when guest leave. Thieves will be able to unlock doors with phone apps most likely. Hotel security is laxed, they should have seen this
No description of the suspects?🤔
It was whyte-trailer-trash, there's your answer.
He was wearing a red MAGA hat and is a graduate of Trump University.
That’s scary, I can’t believe she’s able to laugh about it.
We don't get to see the couple? I bet I can guess which rich and vibrant culture they belong to.
Whoaa…what if she was in the shower or asleep and they got in and killed her?
Oh shuddup, and bounce them cheeqs up on my lizzzaaaap
This is why you put a chair under the door handle and ALWAYS latch the door!
Put a metal/wooden stopper outside/below the door so perps can’t insert those metal thingys.
It's the hotel's security issue. When I stay at a hotel, I'll stay on the high floor and away from the staircase. So, people can't hack into my laptop from the parking lot, and the thief has less chance of getting away. I avoid Airbnb for hidden cameras, staying at an unknown place, and hacking on my computer.
She's too chill...good and bad. I'd just yank it out at this point and go bat sh*t crazy. They've done this many times to act so brazen.
She should have snatched the device out of their hands. At least that would prevent them from doing that to someone else for a while. Or if you're a crazy person, stand to the side and wait for them to come in and knock them out with something. GotEm!
High-powered tazer as soon as they open the door.
Baby you Betta then me cause I woulda been standing behind that door w my piece ready and waiting like 🙂
The upper door lock was closed, so even you get the handle pushed down you can open the door only a gap.
Crazy, never knew about this device......thanks for sharing this story.....
Wth is wrong with people? Do they have no fear ! I’m assuming they’re obviously in a hallway doing this, where anyone can walk by. Why is she smiling the whole time. I get that she’s happy nothing else happened but damn, she’s just smiling and laughing.
Cuz she faked it all, and she doesnt realize she's about to go to jail for filing a false police report???
Ignorance is bliss…
@@MoveoverAndbark…huh? Proof please…
Maybe she had a .45 in the other hand and was waiting for them to open the door to turn them into Swiss cheese.
I would have honestly been crying.
If you are ever in a hotel room you need to have one of those little door stops and shove it under the inside of the door. Even if they get the door handle they aren't moving that door stop. Especially if you're holding it in place with your foot.
Make one with a fork, ruclips.net/video/eHcnxQFBZRg/видео.html
I'd have let them break in and see if their kicks could outrun my bullets.
The hotel should put door sweeps on the doors to fill the gap and stop the thieves entering rooms.
Once again news crew fail to post pics or video of the criminals in question. They were looking for their friend and got the wrong room? How many people carry that gadget around while looking for a friend?
Description?
If the perps are reading this, I hope they realize they could easily end up dead breaking into someone's room like that.
I've worked for hotels 30+ years & never seen a device like this. Damn shame, theives never sleep, always inventing new ways to steal. 😳😮💨
You must live in the dark. I have seen these for 10 years
When I leave my hotel rooms, I always leave the TV on with the volume just loud enough to hear in the hallway
When I stay in hotels alone, I put a chair or a bench in front of the door.
They knocked on your door to see if the room was empty before they tried to break in
This might be a good opportunity for an invention. Someone should invent a device that you put on the bottom of the door to seal the crack so people can't do this. They have rubber liners that go in between a stove and a counter top to prevent food crumbs and crud from falling in between. Maybe you could use something like that, but you'd have figure out a way to secure it in place. Or maybe you could use one of those rubber threshold or floor liner things that I think is meant secure carpeting or floor tiles to the floor in a doorway.
I would have yanked on that wire soooo hard they never would have tried that again.
Decades ago when we took our kids to Disney-world, I had our youngest keep his ‘Garfield attack cat’ (which had been stuck on the inside passenger window) because back then - - - those were a ‘hot’ item and the news had reported that creeps were breaking car windows to steal them.
He had received it on his birthday. We get back that evening and the ONLY thing missing was that attack cat, not some nice jewelry that I had left there, not the game boys, not anything else. I reported it because I knew housekeeping had been in our room and he was very upset. I reported this to management and he just shrugged it off rather rudely. We didn’t ever stay at another ‘Days Inn’ again.
Bold of her to assume airbnb is SAFER 😂😂😂
Just curious, wouldn’t she still be safe? There’s a safety latch up top. The door would barely open if by chance she wasn’t there to catch it. Either way, I’m sure she’s never going to holiday inn again
Edit-spelling
There are devices to foil the swinging latches, too. ruclips.net/video/SuS1L-FT2ic/видео.html
WHAT DA FUQ!?
Man, immediately at the same time I would've be on the phone with 911, and demand security cameras to press charges and also ask for those images to be shared on this segment. Omg! I am fuming over this!! Those mfkers should have been arrested
Do they not have security camera footage of the people from the hallway? If they do have it, why aren't they giving it to the news?
I'm so tired of people! You cant do shyte these days without these weirdos always trying to do something to someone!
She said “Don’t panic”. I see videos where people LOOK at women wrong and they cry and claim to be in fear for their lives! This lady has both feet planted on the ground!!! It was good to see.
This is no different than a home invasion.
Give them Capital Punishment and be done with it.
CA dreaming
This is why you use both the dead bolt and the swing arm on the door.
where is the pictures of them? I know the hotel has cameras?
If I were in the room, I would have waited, waited and put on earmuffs. The second the door is opened, I light him up right in the chest😂
Keep in mind since the Tops supermarket shooting the new protocol is either 2 chest and 1 head or 2 chest and 1 pelvis.
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yeah, you will be shot down before that happened.
No you wouldn't
@@sec0ndton0ne408 yes he would and I would too
Inserting a door stop directly under the lock would have prevented them from opening the door if they had been successful in unlocking it with that device.
Scary AF!!
TIP ; Put a towel over your handle everytime your at a hotel. Not tight just loose over it. No way they can grip it with anything other than a hand
Ok this is truly scary as a person who travels every week as a single woman 😢😮😖
That's very scary and terrifying to watch
Man if that was me they would never forget the day that door opened for them and neither would anyone else who heard their screams. :-/
Exactly how a real Californian would handle criminals, just let the criminals get away and let them commit the crime again and again and again and again and again........🤣🤣🤣
I'm real Californian. the door would of been opened and the garbage looking up a barrel
she should've said " Honey, grab the gun!" Firmly and loudly so they think she's armed and not alone
Or just opened the door with gun at ready
"Its fine, just stop with with a few fingers lol." Ok, lets see how well that works out for every single person in every single scenario....
First of all make sure that housekeeper is changing their sheets a stand of hair is an upgrade or a free room, working for the hotel & lodging industry some of those housekeepers don’t be cleaning for real. This has never happened at the hotel but I can tell U if it did the Police here in Minnesota are so scared to work they’d probably get away with it here too. Check for evidence of others in them rooms when U check in don’t touch anything inspect snap that picture then go down to the front desk to notify that sites GM
You get what you pay for depending on the hotel brand and type you stay in. Depending on location, Air BnB's may not be much safer.
That exact thing happened to me in June in my San Jose hotel room at the Sheraton not too far from the airport!! I had to stop them with my hand as well.