The BMW belonged to the dealership and was provided on credit to a hotel guest. WSB-TV reported. Police said the man claimed he was a professional basketball player and had several cars parked at the hotel. Photo/Savannah Police Department Parking enforcement officials told investigators that each ticket issued by the department was tied to a specific vehicle. It remains unclear how the suspect obtained the BMW-related ticket, and police have not said which basketball player he allegedly was. The dealership that owned the car tracked the SUV to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, about 365 kilometers from Savannah. It is unclear whether the car was recovered. Investigators later discovered that the white Audi seen in the surveillance footage had been stolen the day before. New York Post reported that he was found unlocked in the hotel garage later that morning with no apparent external injuries. Police have not determined how the vehicle was stolen. The same suspect was also involved in the theft of another vehicle from a Savannah hotel approximately nine days earlier. On Aug. 5, a woman staying at the Fairfield Inn left her black 2019 Toyota C-HR with the valet. A man posing as a professional basketball player allegedly convinced hotel staff in Georgia to give him the keys to a $90,000 BMW X5. Photo/Savannah Police Department When she went to pick up her car the next morning, she was told that the car had already been claimed. According to valet records, the code was used at 12:06 a.m. Independent. As with the BMW, investigators have not explained how the suspect who took the Toyota obtained the information needed to take the vehicle. Savannah police released surveillance images of the suspect on social media as part of a request for information. Post navigation Microsoft breaks update Tuesday record with 974-CVE thread Politics live: Trump administration warns Australia after social media algorithm reform; Albanese mourns ‘true one-off’ in d’Alpuget