Thursday, September 21, 2006

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By Harold J. Adams
hjadams@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

A man and woman from Louisville were arrested at Caesars Casino Hotel Wednesday and charged with running an identity theft operation during a stay of several days there.

The arrests of Daniel Redmon, 31, who lives on Winged Foot Drive in Louisville, and Leilani Kauka, 30, of Wallingford Court, came after housekeeping and food-service staff reported suspicious odors and activities in the room the pair shared, Indiana State Police said.

Each is charged with 10 counts of counterfeiting and single counts of possession and dealing in methamphetamine, along with other drug charges.

State police said Thursday that the pair used a laptop computer to hack into the computers of their victims and obtain identifying information.

That information was then used to make fake Kentucky driver’s licenses, which were used to cash fake checks, according to police.

A search warrant turned up the forged items, along with computer equipment and more than three grams of meth, police said.

Redmon and Kauka are being held in the Harrison County Jail on $130,000 bond each pending a formal court hearing.

Reporter Harold Adams can be reached at (812) 949-4028.

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