Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Proformance Insurance, N.J. State Police Note Auto Fraud Case
Dec 8 2005 // In a joint investigation with the New Jersey State Police, the Proformance Insurance Company, a provider of specialized property/casualty insurance products in New Jersey, revealed that one of its auto policyholders had...
State Security Kept in Dark During Conn. Courthouse Bomb Threat
Dec 7 2005 // Connecticut homeland security officials went more than two hours Friday without knowing that a series of bomb threats had forced the evacuation and shutdown of the state’s 45 courthouses, authorities acknowledged...
Minn. High Court Rules Drunken Passenger Doesn’t Justify Search
Dec 5 2005 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer wasn’t justified in searching the vehicle of a Winona woman because the passenger in her car was drunk. “To allow a vehicle search solely because an...
La. Grand Jury Takes No Action Against Former Police Chief
Nov 27 2005 // A Calcasieu Parish, La., grand jury has decided to take no action against the former Vinton police chief who was arrested earlier this year on charges of extortion, malfeasance in office and insurance fraud, the Associated...
ICT Joins Mesquite Police on Crime Prevention Program
Nov 23 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas and the Mesquite (Texas) Police Department have joined together in a crime prevention program aimed at reducing automobile burglaries. The program involves the creation and implementation of...
Louisiana Police Officer Convicted in Insurance Scam
Nov 21 2005 // A Marksville, La., police officer who helped a woman he was dating file fraudulent insurance claims has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy, money laundering and concealment of assets. Herbert Guillot Jr., who...
Louisiana Police Officer Convicted in Insurance Scam
Nov 20 2005 // A Marksville, La., police officer who helped a woman he was dating file fraudulent insurance claims has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy, money laundering and concealment of assets. Herbert Guillot Jr., who...
La. Police Officer Convicted in Insurance Scam
Nov 15 2005 // A Marksville, La., police officer who helped a woman he was dating file fraudulent insurance claims has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy, money laundering and concealment of assets. Herbert Guillot Jr., who...
Auto Fraud Case Link Suspected as Discarded Medical Records Discovered in Longwood, Fla.
Nov 15 2005 // A trash bin in Longwood, Fla. near Orlando has revealed boxes of medical records containing photographs, names, Social Security numbers and other personal information about chiropractic patients in Lawrence, Mass. treated...
U.K. Cameras Spot Uninsured Drivers
Nov 10 2005 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) notes that U.K. police have started using automatic number plate recognition cameras to spot cars being driven without insurance. The ABI calls the initiative a “new...
W. Va. Woman Charged With Fraud, Sold Fake Insurance Cards for $400
Oct 20 2005 // Martinsburg, W. Va. police have charged Barbara Lynn Gonzalez with making fake insurance cards and selling them to Hispanic residents, according to court records. Gonzalez has been charged with two felony counts of false...
Insurance a Concern for Small Town Volunteer Police Force
Oct 18 2005 // Adair Village, Ore., this small city near Corvallis, Ore., is considering what may be the first all-volunteer police force in Oregon. Many towns have all-volunteer fire departments. But the Oregon Department of Public...
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...
