Spokane deputies arrest man and woman for breaking into hotel room, stealing wallet and car keys

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Deputies arrested a man and a woman for breaking into a hotel room and stealing a guest’s wallet and rental car keys on Tuesday, according to Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 11 p.m. on September 23, SCSO responded to a reported burglary at a hotel near Division Street and Cascade Way in the Town and Country area.

The victim told deputies he was staying in the hotel and went to dinner with a friend earlier that night and returned to his hotel room around 6:30 p.m.

When he arrived back at the hotel, the victim realized he didn’t have his room keycard and went to the front desk to get another one.

While changing clothes in the bathroom of his hotel room, the victim said he heard a knock at the door and a woman’s voice say “housekeeping.”

He said he then heard his hotel room door open and someone enter his room, but when he exited the bathroom to check, no one was there.

Later in the evening, the victim said he noticed his wallet and rental car keys were missing from his room. He checked his banking app and saw that two fraudulent charges had been made to his credit card, prompting him to call law enforcement.

Through an investigation, deputies learned 46-year-old Barry Buchmann and 43-year-old Natasha Schwencer arrived at the hotel in a black sedan and entered the victim’s hotel room with his keycard.

Using the car model and license plate, deputies soon found Buchmann and Schwencer.

They told deputies they were at the same restaurant the victim was at with a friend when they saw him drop his hotel room keycard.

Buchmann and Schwencer told deputies they picked up the victim’s keycard, went to the hotel and used it to enter his hotel room and steal his wallet and rental car keys.

They then used the car keys to enter his rental car and steal personal items from the car.

A search of Buchmann and Schwencer’s home found some of the victim’s property.

Both Buchmann and Schwencer were arrested and booked into Spokane County Jail for various charges including burglary, identity theft, prowling and other unrelated past charges.