Torched Porsche Investigation Reveals Insurance Fraud Attempt

A Tangipahoa Parish man and a Mississippi man have been arrested in Washington Parish for reportedly torching a Porsche in an effort to collect insurance money. According to the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Sept. 19 to a report of a vehicle fire off of Westmoreland Road in the western part of the parish. Deputies found the remains of a burned Porsche automobile on a remote hunting road. The vehicle had been placed on concrete blocks and the wheels had been removed prior to the vehicle being burned. A detective at the scene was able to obtain two key pieces of evidence.