TIMES SQUARE — A masseuse hired through a classified ad website stole a hotel guest’s $7,500 Rolex watch, police said.
The 44-year-old man from Sri Lanka was staying at the Hotel Edison at 228 W. 47th St. on Feb. 25 when he arranged for a massage through the site Backpage.com, according to police.
After the masseuse arrived at the guest’s hotel room around 11:10 p.m., she gave him a massage and then asked him to shower to get the oil off his skin, police said.
But when the man got out of the shower, he discovered the woman had taken his $7,500 steel and rose gold Rolex watch with diamonds off his nightstand and disappeared, according to police.
He reported the grand larceny around 1:50 a.m., police said.
A representative for the hotel did not immediately respond to request for comment on Monday.