Two officers had been conducting surveillance on the rear of the hotel due to "high drug transition" in the area and spotted two individuals on a balcony, police said. The officers identified the individuals as having felony warrants out of Franklin County. Officers chased the wanted suspects on foot and quickly took them into custody.
Dakshaben Patel and Harshil Patel were each charged with making false reports to police officers after lying about fugitives who were residing at their hotel, authorities said. (Monteagle Police Department ). Investigators later found that the hotel had a "hide out room on the corner of the building" and determined that was where the fugitives had been living, police said.
"Both Patel subjects had been advised multiple times about the wanted suspects and had lied to officers about their residence at the hotel," the department said. Dakshaben Patel and Harshil Patel were each charged with making false reports to police officers, a felony.