S. Tahoe motel burglary suspect caught

A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Monday in connection with the Oct. 23 burglary at the Trailhead Lodge.

Louis Fiori Jr.

The theft at the South Lake Tahoe motel occurred after business hours in the locked, unattended front lobby. Surveillance footage shows the suspect entering the lobby by forcing open the locked front door and stealing money from the cash drawer.

The suspect was carrying a McFlurry ice cream container from McDonald’s. Surveillance footage showed the suspect filling out a job application for McDonald’s. Officers collected the job application as evidence and identified the suspect as 29-year-old Louis Fiori Jr.

Officers located Fiori at McDonald’s on Oct. 26.

This burglary is not believed to be related to the ones at the Y last week.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report