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Grand theft? Hotel room mini-bar cleaned out

By BY Examiner Staff • May 13, 2013 12:00 am

The crooked drunk went for the really expensive stuff.

A man was arrested on charges that he entered the Westin St. Francis hotel in Union Square on Thursday, swiped a room key from a cleaning cart and then cleaned out the mini-bar  of an unoccupied room.

He was arrested about 1 p.m., police said.

maldax@sfexaminer.com

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