BRANDON (FOX 13) -
A tip from a Brandon
hotel employee helped deputies arrest and charge two men with identity theft
and credit card fraud.
The employee found
a plastic bag containing hundreds of driver's licenses, credit cards, social
security cards and passports in the names of 38 different people, the
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
The suspects,
Gefery Pierre and Branden Jones, were staying at the Brandon Motor Lodge at 906 Brandon Boulevard East.
The employee
contacted authorities, and deputies discovered Jones and Pierre were also using
a vehicle that had been stolen from a rental car company at Tampa International
Airport.
Deputies also said
several of the licenses had been reported stolen, and some of the credit cards
had been used for fraudulent transactions.
The investigation
continues Thursday.
