CLAYTON, Mo. – A Houston, Texas, woman has been ordered to appear in St. Louis County Circuit Court next month for posing as an airline employee to scam a hotel out of a free room.
The scam occurred in March at the Pear Tree Inn, just south of Interstate 70 and St. Louis Airport Terminal 1.
According to the St. Ann Police Department’s probable cause statement, Tatjana Spears, approached the hotel front desk and falsely claimed to work for United Airlines. Spears booked a 10-night stay at the hotel worth more than $1,100 and said the airline was to be billed for her stay…