Group Arrested For Staging Crashes In Jefferson Davis Parish
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016 Auto Fraud LiabilityLouisiana 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.
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