Dukakis Guards Lose Guns and ID in Hotel Burglary
Two Secret Service agents assigned to protect Gov. Michael S. Dukakis lost their .357 magnum revolvers, radio equipment and identification pins in a burglary at a Boston hotel, police said today.
Investigators were trying to determine whether the burglary Sunday night at the Colonnade Hotel was targeted at the Secret Service agents or was a random break-in.
The agents’ two 10th-floor hotel rooms, separated by another room that was not broken into, were entered between 8:35 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. and did not appear to have been forced open, police said.
Dukakis campaign spokesman Mark Gearan said the governor was informed of the incident and was not concerned about a possible security threat.
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