Fraudulent credit cards, a credit card embossing machine and pawn shop slips were among the items found by sheriff’s deputies during the arrest of a Chino woman and La Puente man on suspicion of identity theft Sept. 3 in Lake Elsinore.
Kristi Nicole Thibodeaux, 25, and Michael Anthony Montano, 35, were booked into Southwest Detention Center in Temecula.
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Sheriff’s deputies said Ms. Thibodeax is facing charges of possession of concentrated cannabis, being under the influence of a controlled substance and forgery.
Mr. Montano was charged with committing a felony while on probation, forgery, possession of equipment to commit fraud and identity theft, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Officers from the Lake Elsinore Police Department were checking on several people in a rental car that was parked around 4 a.m. near Grape Street and Railroad Canyon Road in Lake Elsinore, about 30 miles south of Chino.
Officers searched the car and found several items in connection with identity theft, including fraudulent credit cards.
