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Details: On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 3:53 AM, CPD officers contacted a male and female walking together along Highway 43 near Pickerrel Avenue carrying a gas can. The female was later identified as Breanna Nicole Bulgara and the male was later identified as Mike Joseph Martinez. Bulgara and Martinez advised officers their vehicle had run out of gas on Highway 43 and they were trying to walk to the nearest gas station. Bulgara and Martinez advised they were from San Luis Obispo County and they were traveling to Fresno. Officers located a parked SUV on the side of the road on Highway 43 in the area where both subjects were contacted. Officers discovered the vehicle, a 2004 Lexus, had been reported stolen to San Luis Obispo PD on June 21, 2019. Bulgara and Martinez were arrested and found in possession of narcotics paraphernalia. Officers located additional narcotics paraphernalia inside the stolen Lexus, as well as property belonging to Bulgara and Martinez. The stolen Lexus was towed from the scene and the owner contacted about the recovery. During the investigation, officers learned Bulgara had provided a false name to officers and had used her sister’s name during the initial contact. Bulgara and Martinez were charged with vehicle theft, possession of stolen property worth over $950.00 and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bulgara was also charged with providing a false name to a peace officer. Bulgara was booked at the Kings County Jail and her bail was set at $45,000.00. Martinez was booked into the Kings County Jail and his bail was set at $40,000.00.