PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A former staffer at a Panama City Beach hotel has been arrested after allegedly stealing cash from the rooms of several guests.
An investigation began June 3 after a guest at Origins at Sea Haven, located at 15100 Front Beach, reported about $100 had been stolen from her purse inside her room.
The staffer was eventually questioned, and he confessed to using a master key to enter the room and steal the money, Panama City Beach police reported. He used the same method to steal small sums of money from about 20 other rooms at the hotel, according to police.
Tristan Alexander McCathern, 22, of Lynn Haven, was charged with burglary and employee theft.
An investigation into the burglaries is ongoing, and police expect further charges against McCathern. He is being held in Bay County Jail.