Couple Report Truck Stolen After Sinking It In River

Two Owego residents are accused of insurance fraud after reporting theft of a pickup truck that was later found in the Susquehanna River, police said. Tioga County Sheriff’s deputies said a 2008 Nissan Frontier pickup truck had been reported stolen on Aug. 28, 2014, but it was later recovered near the Marshalnd boat launch on the river. Michael Miller, 55, and Laura Miller, 50, were both charged on Thursday with a felony count of third-degree insurance fraud and a misdemeanor count of third-degree falsely reporting an incident.