Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Northern Va. Police Bust Staged Accident Ringleaders
Oct 12 2005 // Authorities are taking aim at ‘swoop and squat’ accident scams They call it the “swoop and squat’.’ A driver pulls in front of another vehicle and slams on the brakes, deliberately causing an...
Pa. Town’s Insurer Pays to Settle ‘Officer NASCAR’ Suit
Sep 25 2005 // The insurance carrier for the city of Erie, Pa. will pay $600,000 to the parents of a woman left brain damaged by a car crash involving a police officer whose driving earned him the nickname “NASCAR” among his...
Two Arrested in Scam Targeting New Orleans Police
Sep 22 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced that two suspects were arrested in connection with a false promotional activity that targeted more than 2,500 New Orleans police officers, Orleans Parish...
Miami PD Eliminates its Auto Theft Unit
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance agents in Miami and Dade County were dismayed to discover in late August that, “due to manpower shortages” the Miami Police Department disbanded its Auto Theft Unit. A PD spokesman told the Miami...
UPDATE: Superdome Evacuation Resumes; Authorities Add Police, Troops to Stop Looting
Aug 31 2005 // In what New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called ‘A Desperate SOS,” city, state and federal officials worked into the evening Thursday trying to evacuate refugees from the Louisiana Superdome, who are headed to...
Daytona Beach Hotel Manager Arrested: Tried to Hire a Hit-Man to Kill His Wife
Aug 30 2005 // Carl Perry, a 51-year-old Daytona Beach hotel manager has been arrested by the Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. Police Department and charged with trying to hire a hit-man to have his wife murdered and collect on a $500,000 life...
Louisiana State Police Warn Residents, Adjusters to Wait for Safe Conditions Before Venturing Out
Aug 29 2005 // As Hurricane Katrina moves out of Louisiana and into neighboring Mississippi, officials with the Louisiana State Police told Insurance Journal Monday afternoon that conditions do not warrant residents or adjusters...
Miami PD Eliminates Its Auto Theft Unit; Area Agents Predict Higher Policy Rates, Increased Thefts
Aug 23 2005 // Insurance agents in Miami and Dade County were dismayed to discover this morning that, “due to manpower shortages” the Miami Police Department has disbanded its Auto Theft Unit. A PD spokesman told the Miami...
Mineo, Former Police Chief, Chosen to Head N.Y. Liquidation Inspections
Aug 18 2005 // New York State Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills has named Randolph Mineo, a former police chief in Wilton, Conn., to head the New York Liquidation Bureau’s Office of the Inspector General, a new position. In...
Ark. Woman Gets 15 Years in Conspiracy to Kill Ex-Husband in Insurance Scheme
Aug 18 2005 // A Texarkana, Ark., woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a plot that involved her 18-year-old son and one of his young friends traveling to Houston to kill her ex-husband. The man was not...
Pa. Supreme Court OKs Roving Drunk Driving Road Stops by Police
Aug 17 2005 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that roving checks for drivers under the influence of alcohol are legal. The ruling upheld the 2003 conviction of Greg Beaman, of Pittsburgh, who was stopped by Pittsburgh police in...
Bomb Hoax Leads to Evacuation of N.Y. Mall
Jul 22 2005 // The discovery of a small package with wires sticking out of it prompted the evacuation of thousands of people Wednesday from the Palisades Center mall in Wst Nyack, N.Y. in Rockland County. But the foil-wrapped package was...
$120,000 In ‘Ditched’ Vehicles Offered ‘For Sale’ to DFS Undercover Officers
Jul 20 2005 // Eight individuals have been apprehended in West Palm Beach, Fla. for attempting to claim more than $120,000 in auto insurance theft benefits; but, there was one hitch, they attempted to “ditch” the vehicles by...
CRASH RECORDS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Jun 20 2005 // The Arkansas State Police reported that Arkansas Uni-form Highway Crash Records are now available online through the Arkansas State Police Web site, www.asp.arkansas.gov, and the Arkansas state Web portal,...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS CAR NAMES COMMERCIAL CARRIERS: Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers has advanced its new commercial auto limited servicing carrier program by selecting the six carriers that will service this residual market business...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // Arkansas Crash Records Available Online The Arkansas State Police reported that Arkansas Uni-form Highway Crash Records are now available online through the Arkansas State Police Web site, www.asp.arkansas.gov, and the...
Texas Judge’s Ruling Would Expose Arkansas Police to Possible Lawsuits
Jun 14 2005 // A recent Texas court ruling has turned the state line into a key issue for Arkansas police working cases that cross the border, according to the Associated Press and the Texarkana Gazette. Bowie County District Judge Leon...
N.C. Police Officer Accused of Passing Fake Prescriptions, Insurance Fraud
Jun 9 2005 // Concord, N.C. Police Officer Dana Lynn Beninati has been suspended without pay after allegedly passing fake prescriptions and billing her insurance company. Lynn was arrested at her home and charged with 23 counts of...
La. Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Ins. Fraud
Jun 3 2005 // The Louisiana State Police reported that its insurance fraud unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently arrested a Marksville city police officer after a lengthy investigation into an alleged insurance fraud...
Ark. Crash Records Available Online
Jun 2 2005 // The Arkansas State Police announced recently that Arkansas Uniform Highway Crash Records are now available online through the Arkansas State Police Web site, www.asp.arkansas.gov and the Arkansas state Web portal...
