Benicia Hotel Clerk's Tip Leads To Double Arrest

BENICIA, CA – After a call to police from a Benicia hotel clerk, two Bay Area individuals were arrested over the weekend after they reportedly checked into a room using a fraudulent credit card, authorities said.

Law enforcement, investigating the hotel employee's tip, went to the business and stopped Antonio Perez, 42, of Oakland, in the parking lot. During a search of his rental car, officers allegedly found fake driver licenses and military identification cards, along with drug paraphernalia, the Benicia Police Department said Sunday.

Perez's companion, Jhomyr Bautista, 43, of Daly City, was on searchable probation out of San Mateo County for fraud charges, and subsequently recovered during a probation search of the hotel room, additional counterfeit IDs, miscellaneous documents and false-identification-making materials, according to police.

Both were arrested and transported to Solano County jail, and the name of the hotel was not released by the police department.

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