Sheriff’s deputies uncovered a large identity theft operation while investigating a report of drug dealing at a Rancho Cucamonga hotel room Sunday.
The manager of the Four Points By Sheraton hotel at 11960 Foothill Blvd. called the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department to report someone selling drugs in a room.
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Deputies arrived and found Jeffery Wilkinson, 35, who had an arrest warrant and drugs in his possession, said sheriff’s Sgt. Ken Jamieson. Deputies searched the room and found methamphetamine and numerous credit cards belonging to other people.
They also discovered various items indicating Wilkinson and two others were involved in a large-scale identity theft ring, Jamieson said. Deputies arrested Wilkinson, as well as Barbara Brown, 32, and Lake Elsinore resident Shahin Abdollahi, 46.
