Other details within the documents released Thursday indicate that the hotel staff believed Walker and Simonson were FBI agents.
On January 16, Jacobson entered the Extended Stay Hotel, claiming to be "Detective Jefferson." He told the hotel clerk that he was working on a missing person case and asked for the key to Laster's room.
After checking with her manager, the clerk gave the room key to Jacobson.
Later that evening, when Laster was trying to escape from Jacobson, Laster jumped over the clerk's desk and hid in the laundry room.
Thinking that this was the man Jacobson and Walker were attempting arrest, the clerk tried to convince Laster to come out of the laundry room and surrender to Jacobson.
Court documents state that Laster came out of the laundry room with his hands in the air after a short conversation with Jacobson.