Police Chief Crushed By Falling Corpse Faces Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges (WorkersCompensation.com)

Police Chief Crushed By Falling Corpse Faces Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 Fraud Workers' Compensation

If ever there was a headline that made you look at an article, the one appended to this post is probably it. This story has it all. Sex, sizzle, alleged nefariousness and a pinup girl pinned down by a tragic mishap. Oh, and we can’t forget the 285-pound corpse falling from the sky.

Ok, it didn’t fall from the sky, but rather the rafters of a barn. Perhaps I should explain.

A former police chief of a small town in Washington State is facing charges of workers’ compensation fraud. L&I investigators say she has been untruthful about her inability to work.

While serving as the police chief for Coulee City, she was called to the scene of an apparent suicide. A 285-pound man (who apparently was a suspected domestic violence suspect, although I am not sure why that is relevant to the story. Oh well, we’ll MAKE it relevant) had hanged himself in a barn.

When she attempted to remove the man from the rafters, he fell on her. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) reports she suffered back, shoulder and abdominal injuries. The 47-year-old woman also claimed to suffer severe psychological trauma that prevented her from working or being around other people.


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