OC wood chipper death spawns insurance fraud case

The owner of an Orange County tree-trimming business faces fraud charges after filing a 2007 insurance claim for the family of an employee who died in a wood chipper. Prosecutors say he never paid premiums on the insurance. Jose Luis Guerrero, 43, of Fullerton, was due in court for arraignment Tuesday. He is free on $500,000 bail. Guerrero is charged with multiple felony counts of failing to file a return with the intent to evade taxes, of willfully failing to pay taxes and misrepresenting facts to the State Compensation Insurance.