July 12, 2013
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ambre Rivera, 26, of 5329 Ramsey St., Fayetteville; she was charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that Rivera filed a false …
April 19, 2013
Prosecutors say a veteran Newark, N.J., police officer has been indicted on insurance fraud charges. Johnathan Taylor faces charges of conspiracy, aggravated arson and insurance fraud in the indictment handed up by an Essex County grand jury. It was made …
January 16, 2013
A St. Paul, Minn., man has been sentenced for filing a false insurance claim for artwork he had reported as stolen. Thirty-nine-year-old Jason Sheedy was sentenced Monday in federal court to three years probation on one count of wire fraud. …
December 21, 2012
Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s Workers’ Compensation and Insurance Fraud Unit has filed a charge against a Tulsa woman for allegedly filing a false insurance claim. Carolin Reinschmiedt (aka Carolyn Reinschmiedt), 44, a health services provider, was arrested on Dec. 7 …
August 9, 2012
A St. Paul, Minn., man is accused of filing a false insurance claim for artwork and other collectibles he had reported as stolen. Thirty-nine-year-old Jason Sheedy is charged in federal court with wire fraud. Prosecutors say Sheedy filed a nearly …
February 13, 2012
The St. Tammany Parish coroner ruled that the death of a New Orleans police officer under investigation by the FBI was a suicide. Officer Salvadore Battaglia’s body was found in his house on the night of Feb. 7. Dr. Peter …
December 5, 2011
A former Bartlesville, Okla., restaurant owner has pleaded guilty to arson in connection with a 2009 fire that damaged the historic May Brothers Building in downtown Bartlesville. Robert Boyce was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty …
November 28, 2011
A man accused of setting fires that damaged a historical building in Bartlesville has waived his right to a jury trial. Fifty-one-year-old Robert Boyce announced at a pre-trial hearing Tuesday he would plead guilty to second-degree arson, manufacturing methamphetamine, filing …
October 6, 2011
State police say they’ve charged a Plum police officer with burglary, bribery and other crimes. According to a release, 29-year-old James Scuffle filed a false insurance claim for the theft of his car, and during that investigation more information linked …