ID theft supsects arrested after store manager follows them

Sacramento Bee
December 21, 2009

Two men were arrested on suspicion of identity theft, burglary and other charges after a manager at a Sacramento motorcycle shop followed the suspects to another business, where they were arrested by Sacramento County Sheriff's Department deputies, authorities report.





Gustavo Lopez Castro (top photo), 34, and Sergio Castro-Vasquez (bottom photo), 36, were arrested Saturday night with several thousands dollars worth of merchandise in their vehicle, allegedly obtained fraudulently from area stores, according to a department news release.

The release also provides these details:

About 5:30 p.m., two men were attempting to purchase items at Capital Yamaha with suspected counterfeit credit cards

A store employee called sheriff's deputies and told them he believed the same suspects had made a fraudulent purchase at another area motorcycle shop. He attempted to stall the suspects, but they left in a new Chevrolet truck. The Capital Yamaha store manager followed the suspects to Cycle Gear on Date Avenue.

Sheriff's deputies stopped the vehicle and noticed the merchandise in the truck.

According to authorities, Castro and Castro-Vasquez were in the Sacramento area on visas from Mexico.

They possessed counterfeit driver's licenses and counterfeit credit cards, authorities said.

Some credit cards had Mexican financial institution emblems on them, but embossed with U.S. financial account numbers, officials said.

Both suspects were booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail. They are both ineligible for bail and were arrested on suspicion of identity theft, burglary, possession of counterfeit credit cards, possession of counterfeit driver licenses and possession of stolen property.

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