Louisiana State Police on Tuesday arrested seven of eight people suspected in an insurance fraud ring in Jeff Davis Parish.
The allegations are that a group of family and friends staged three separate crashes over a five-month period, as well as a “jump in” crash several months later, said Sgt. James Anderson, Louisiana State Police Troop D spokesman. None of these crashes involved anyone from outside of the criminal group. The group included children in some of the staged crashes. Anderson said that a “jump in” crash occurs when an individual or individuals claim to have been in a vehicle at the time of a crash but were not.