Police: Man seeking romance at motel robbed at gunpoint
Police say trio stole $800 from West Palm Beach man.
BOCA RATON — A 39-yearold West Palm Beach man showed up at a Boca Raton motel Sunday night hoping for a romantic encounter.
He instead found himself being robbed by three people — including his 23-year-old date — at gunpoint, police said.
Po l i c e t o o k A ms t r o n g Maddy, 27, of Delray Beach, Kasey Hadfifield 24, of Pemberton, N. J., and Billianne Curti, 23, into custody early Monday on allegations they robbed a man at the Boca Inn, on North Federal Highway south of Northeast 20th Street. Each face charges of armed robbery and grand theft.
The alleged victim told investigators he met Curti on Sunday night at the B-Kwik food mart just north of the motel on North Federal. The man later went to a room at the motel, where he found Curti with Maddy and Hadfifield, police said.
Maddy and Hadfifield left the room, and Curti and the man reportedly began to engage in a sex act. Moments later, Maddy re-entered the r o o m a n d p o i n t e d a g u n a t t h e man’s head a n d t o l d hi m not to move. Hadfifield pushed the man and Curti began removing money from his pockets, police said.
The suspects took about $800 and then flfled in a vehicle, police said. Police later found Maddy walking on Federal Highway back to the motel. His vehicle and Hadfifield were in the parking lot of a nearby Chipotle restaurant. Curti was found in the offiffice manger’s bedroom.
Curti initially admitted to inviting the man back to the motel and robbing him, but later changed her account, police said.