A man thought he was ordering female companionship until a gun was pressed against his head at a Hollywood hotel.

A 28-year-old man from Doral was staying at the Day's Inn, 2601 N. 29th Ave., when he called an escort service.

Between 5:30 and 5:35 a.m. Oct. 8 two women in their early 20s appeared at his door and told him he would have to pay $250 up front.

He told police he gave them the money, which they handed over to a man who was standing outside the door.

The victim told police the man left with his money and the two women appeared to be ``very nervous and possibly under the influence of an unknown substance.''

They suddenly decided to leave the room and he followed them to get his money back. He saw them in the parking lot standing next to a silver Honda Accord with the man who had taken his money.

He approached them and said that all he wanted was to get his money back. The man pulled out a Glock semi-automatic pistol, racked up a round, pressed it against the victim's head and said he wasn't getting anything back.

The car drove away and the man called the police from the lobby.

He said he was no longer interested in getting his money back and told police he wanted to prevent this from happening to anyone else.

HALLANDALE BEACH

Stolen Beetle: About noon Oct. 1 a man parked and locked his white 1998 Volkswagen Beetle in the 100 block of Southwest 11th Avenue. It was gone when he returned about 9:30 a.m. Oct. 2. He told officers the car keys were hanging on a key rack in his home and they were gone along with a guest of three weeks whose cellphone went to voicemail when he tried to call him.

SUV burglarized: A man parked and locked his 1999 Ford Expedition at Gulfstream Race Track, 901 S. Federal Hwy., at 12:44 p.m. Oct. 5. When he returned at 1 p.m. the driver's lock was popped and a bag containing $650 and his U.S. passport was missing. Racetrack security told police they watched the video and saw a black car park behind the Expedition. The driver and a passenger got out and approached the SUV but their activities were unclear on the tape.

Building burglarized: The warning sign from the building department on Klondike Auto Services, 210 NW Fifth Ave., said, ``Unsafe to enter.'' The building was separated by a board on a window from A+ Auto, which had burned down in a fire on Sept. 30. A desktop computer and monitor had been stolen from the front office of A+. Between 5 p.m. Sept. 2 and 8 a.m. Sept. 5 someone tried to enter Klondike Auto but was stymied by the deadbolt lock. The burglar then entered the unlocked A+, climbed to a shelf, pushed in the board and climbed into Klondike. There was no evidence that anything was stolen from Klondike and the scene was too unstable for crime scene to process.

HOLLYWOOD

Buick disarmed: Between midnight and 6:30 a.m. Oct. 11 someone stole a gun from a 2007 Buick Rendezvous in the 1900 block of North 62nd Avenue. The gun was described as a nickel-plated .380-caliber Colt pistol valued at $1,200.

Television gone: A woman entered her home in the 700 block of North 73rd Avenue through her locked front door about noon Oct. 6 and noticed the TV was missing from the living room and drawers were opened in the bedroom. A diamond necklace valued at $1,000, a wedding band valued at $500, two topaz earrings and a topaz necklace valued at $400 were missing from on top of the dresser and two pillow cases were no longer on the bed. There were no signs of forced entry.

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