A transient man took over a previous guest's room at the Don Cesar Hotel and racked up over $3,000 in charges, deputies said.



David G. Price, 32, is facing charges of defrauding an innkeeper and grand theft.



According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the Don CeSar Hotel on St. Pete Beach at at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday after hotel employees found Price's belongings in a guest's room.



Deputies said the guest in the room was scheduled to check out on Saturday, but when hotel staff went to check on the room, they found luggage and a driver's license that did not match that of the original guest. That's when hotel staff called police.



When deputies got to the hotel, they made contact with Price's father, who had come to the hotel to pick up his son's belongings. Deputies said Price's father had just bonded his son out of Pinellas County Jail.



Price had been arrested at 6 a.m. that day by St. Petersburg police on charges of disorderly intoxication, providing a false name to a law enforcement officer and petit theft, as well as an outstanding warrant out of Alachua County.



Deputies found Price nearby on Gulf Boulevard and they subsequently arrested him. He was taken back to the Pinellas County Jail without further incident.



Deputies said they believe Price may have been in the room for between three to five days, and that may have incurred more than $3,000 worth of charges on the previous guest's credit card.



The investigation continues.



