Pair arrested at Ritz-Carlton at Northstar after found making fake credit cards
Submitted by paula on Wed, 08/03/2016 - 12:09am
The Placer County Sheriff's office arrested an out-of-state couple on July 28 and July 29 on several charges after they stayed at the Ritz-Carlton at Northstarusing fake credit cards which they manufactured in their room.
Jason Paul Bourquin, 24, of Washington, and Natasha Newlun, 26, of Alaska, used the homemade cards to check into the luxury resort. Once the hotel discovered this, they locked the couple out. When the couple returned to their room and couldn't enter, they went to the front lobby to obtain a new key card. Hotel employees called the Placer County Sheriff's Office. As deputies arrived, Bourquin saw them and ran into the woods near the hotel.
Newlun was taken into custody. It was discovered that Bourquin was a fugitive from Washington, wanted on an escape charge.
Inside the couple's hotel room and vehicle, deputies found credit card-making equipment, drugs and paraphernalia, stolen credit cards, and evidence of identity theft.
A search for Bourquin went on through the night, with the assistance of the California Highway Patrol and Truckee Police. A deputy spotted Bourquin hiking along Highway 267 near Truckee the following morning and took him into custody without incident.
They are both being charged with numerous charges, including: Possession of stolen propery, making credit cards, identity theft, defrauding an innkeeper, conspiracy, possession of a controlled substance, and theft of an access card. Bourquin was also charged with resisting arrest. They both remain in custody; Bourquin without bail, Newlun with bail set at $20,000.
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