Swedish tourist jailed after hotel rampage

[Rimmer]

Swedish tourist jailed after hotel rampage

PATTAYA:--A Swedish tourist was arrested for allegedly smashing up his Pattaya hotel room and refusing to pay for the 20,000 baht in damage.

Gary Arne Roger Gronberg, 48, was captured running from the Jomtien Longstay hotel, from where he had fled after climbing down from a third-floor window March 20. Shirtless, he was captured carrying a meter-long metal pipe, which police had to take from him forcibly.

Police said Gronberg claimed he had gotten into a fight with another man in his room about 1 p.m. the day before. The man fled, but when hotel staff came to the door, he thought his opponent had returned and grabbed the pipe and attacked them.

He then barricaded the door with the refrigerator, air conditioner and other objects. Plugs, towels, pillows and sheets were all damaged, costing about 20,000 baht, the hotel said.

He eventually told police he would pay for the damage, but needed to get the money from a friend. He was tossed into jail until the funds arrived.

- See more at: http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/swedish-tourist-jailed-after-hotel-rampage-45838#sthash.AhSdWJns.dpuf

-- Pattaya Mail 2015-03-29

[JOC]

Another quality tourist making his home country proud.......................

[Spaniel]

Wonder how he moved the a/c to barricade the door?

[lee b]

What an idiot ! After payment is made he should be thrown out of the country and blacklisted ! Why would they want people like him around??

[impulse]

Too early to call this one...

The "man" he fought with may have been a Lady when they met, and the fight may have begun when the discrepancies became apparent.

Or the fight may have started when the guy figured out he had been drugged and tried to chase off the (aforementioned) "man" with the pipe before he passed out. And when he woke up in a confused state, the hotel staff was banging on the door.

Folks do strange things when they've been drugged. Even nice folks. So I'll wait for the rest of the story... (I'd love to see the results of the blood test I'm pretty sure will never happen)

Edited March 29, 2015 by impulse

[BMF1960]

A badly behaved Swede! Mamma Mia! Perhaps someone told the Dancing Queen that The Winner Takes it All. And he finally met his Waterloo after sending out an SOS!

[ToddinChonburi]

Yes barricading the door sound a little bit on the crazy side so there is more to this story.

[jacko45k]

Yes barricading the door sound a little bit on the crazy side so there is more to this story.

Yes, particularly since it opened outwards.

[LennyW]

Neep!

[Briggsy]

To be honest, these kind of nutters (disproportionately Scandinavian - there are not that many of them, you know) do keep the journalists in a job.

[srn89]

Good enough for him, leave him in jail for a month and see if his attitude changes.

[MrWorldwide]

20k baht ? Wow - I feel bad for leaving my DNA all over the bed linen. And the curtains Oh, and the maid, of course.

[Basil B]

Regardless of nationality...

Should be tossed in jail until funds arrive and then passed onto immigration for deportation.

[gerry123]

Wonder how he moved the a/c to barricade the door?

portable a/c ?? we have one so quite easily

[samsensam]

does he really not have 20K? and surely wouldnt it be better to pay up and avoid time in a thai jail?

if he genuinely doesnt have the money then surely he should be deported due not have enough funds to sustain himself in the kingdom?

[laislica]

To be honest, these kind of nutters (disproportionately Scandinavian - there are not that many of them, you know) do keep the journalists in a job.

As someone else mentioned, we hardly have the full story here but,

He also keeps others employed as well so maybe not all bad?

[CapeThai]

What an idiot ! After payment is made he should be thrown out of the country and blacklisted ! Why would they want people like him around??

There would be no news on TV if it wasn't for idiots like this.. ??

Pattaya's quality expats.....say no more. Just joking you guy's.....but the actual truth is you guy's keeps TV going..???

[CapeThai]

20k baht ? Wow - I feel bad for leaving my DNA all over the bed linen. And the curtains Oh, and the maid, of course.

Maybe the Maid dumped him..

[CapeThai]

Good enough for him, leave him in jail for a month and see if his attitude changes.

His in for " Attitude Adjustment " which Will surely teach him to have some respect for other people's property.

They should blacklist all these Ting Tong farangs from entering LOS.

[chickenslegs]

A badly behaved Swede! Mamma Mia! Perhaps someone told the Dancing Queen that The Winner Takes it All. And he finally met his Waterloo after sending out an SOS!

You forgot to say they it's all about the "Money, money, money".

[Jungle Jim]

Sadly foreigners like this are becoming the norm in Thailand. Wish the Thai government would make it much more difficult to visit or stay here. Perhaps the riff raff would slime its way over to Cambodia lot of these types are there already likely deported from Thailand and elsewhere . One of the many reasons i give the tourist slums a wide berth.

[longstebe]

He told the police he would pay for the damage. Maybe a moment of madness from him, who knows.

Wouldn't say it warranted deportation or getting black listed.

[poweratradio]

Another quality tourist making his home country proud.......................

Yeah where is that Brave plain clothe cop that wacked the handcuffed dutch guy around when you need him to spank another out of control farange.

[deecee10]

More of a turnip than a swede.

[Pib]

He eventually told police he would pay for the damage, but needed to get the money from a friend. He was tossed into jail until the funds arrived.

I'm sure that friend will run right now to the jail and give him the money.

I like the phrase, "He was tossed into jail until the funds arrived." Simple, effective approach.

[northernphil]

A badly behaved Swede! Mamma Mia! Perhaps someone told the Dancing Queen that The Winner Takes it All. And he finally met his Waterloo after sending out an SOS!

and we abba not seen the end of this yet.

[northernphil]

Are the shorts belonging to a ladyboy, the maid or one of the BIBs ?

[MrWorldwide]

Sadly foreigners like this are becoming the norm in Thailand. Wish the Thai government would make it much more difficult to visit or stay here. Perhaps the riff raff would slime its way over to Cambodia lot of these types are there already likely deported from Thailand and elsewhere . One of the many reasons i give the tourist slums a wide berth.

Right, Jimbo, because what Thailand really needs now is a drastic reduction in the number of tourists visiting this country. Oh, wait ....

[Pheat123]

Sadly foreigners like this are becoming the norm in Thailand. Wish the Thai government would make it much more difficult to visit or stay here. Perhaps the riff raff would slime its way over to Cambodia lot of these types are there already likely deported from Thailand and elsewhere . One of the many reasons i give the tourist slums a wide berth.

The tourist slums a miss

You sound like a right old boy

Are you a good dancer ?

Edited March 30, 2015 by Pheat123

[gk10002000]

does he really not have 20K? and surely wouldnt it be better to pay up and avoid time in a thai jail?

if he genuinely doesnt have the money then surely he should be deported due not have enough funds to sustain himself in the kingdom?

Whatever happened, pay the ticket and keep the issue local so that there is no criminal record, no immigration blacklistintg, avoid being transferred to some other province jail, etc. 20k baht is a convenient amount, don't know if it is the right amount or not, but of course the Thais know that amount is sometimes the max amount many ATMs put out.