Police seek pair of armed hotel bandits

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man and a woman wanted for the armed robbery of the Hampton Inn & Suites hotel, 50 W. Daily Drive, on Dec. 16 around 11:50 p.m.

Witnesses describe the man as Hispanic, between 35 to 40 years old, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 240 pounds. The woman, also Hispanic, is between 25 and 30 years old. She is described as heavyset and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. Both wore all black clothing and Santa hats during the late-night robbery.

According to police, the couple entered the hotel lobby around midnight, jumped the counter and threatened the night clerk with a large kitchen knife. The robbers told the night clerk to lie face down and then took about $600 in cash from the register.

Police said a security guard saw the two leave the hotel in a light-colored small sedan similar to a Honda Civic.

The two are also suspected of robbing the same hotel earlier this month.

Please call the Ventura County Sheriff's Department's Major Crime Unit at (805) 477-7000 with any information regarding this robbery.