Danette Colbert reportedly has a similar modus operandi of stealing men’s belongings after following them to their hotel rooms.
Danette Colbert, a 48-year-old woman from Louisiana, has been caught using credit cards that belong to Telemundo journalist Adan Manzano after he was found dead in a hotel room. She reportedly has an extensive criminal history that includes a signature modus operandi to the crime against Manzano.
After being arrested for attempting to use Manzano’s cards at New Orleans stores, more facts about Colbert’s history have been released to the public.
On Feb. 5, Manzano, a journalist for Telemundo KC who was in New Orleans to cover the upcoming Super Bowl, was found dead and Kenner authorities found security footage that showed Colbert entering the hotel room with the 27-year-old reporter before leaving later that day alone.
Although Colbert has not been charged with counts related to Manzano’s death, according to authorities, she has a long rap sheet of drugging and stealing from men across the country.
New Orleans police described her as a “career criminal.”
Keith Conley, Kenner Police Chief, outlined some of her notable crimes at a press conference on Feb. 7.
According to People, Colbert then was seen making big cash withdrawals on surveillance footage with the man’s stolen card in a similar fashion as she intended to use Manzano’s. After she was confronted by the manager for using a stolen credit card, she called two other women to the store and physically assaulted the manager.
Later that same year, Las Vegas police identified Colbert as committing a similar crime again.
As of now, Colbert has just been charged with fraud and theft-related offenses in Manzano’s case. However, according to police, the investigation into the Super Bowl reporter’s death is still ongoing.
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Source: Black Enterprise
