Worker Claiming Arm Injury Caught Playing Drums

A 58-year-old Hatfield Borough man is facing three felony criminal counts for alleged insurance fraud after Montgomery County authorities said he was seen playing drums with his band despite claiming he could barely lift his arms after a purported injury for which he was receiving regular worker’s compensation payments, court documents indicate. William R. “Russ” Downey, of the 400 block of West Vine Street, was taken into custody by county detectives Friday and arraigned in Lansdale district court on one count each of insurance fraud, theft by deception and receiving stolen property — all graded as third-degree felonies.