{"id":113245,"date":"2021-05-07T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=113245"},"modified":"2021-05-06T20:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T00:37:41","slug":"fire-official-charged-with-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=113245","title":{"rendered":"Fire Official Charged with False Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Rio Grande Fire Department in Cape May NJ is in the middle of a controversy.\u00a0 \u00a0It seems that one of their officials has been accused of filing a false claim with police and is charged with insurance fraud.<\/p>\n

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Fire official charged with filing false hit-and-run report, authorities say<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A fire prevention official in Cape May County has been charged with filing a false police report over a crash involving a government-owned vehicle, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Daniel DeSimone, 45, an official with the Rio Grande Fire Prevention and Inspection Bureau in Middle Township, reported a hit and run crash Dec. 9 involving a 2019 Chevy Tahoe owned by the commission, according to prosecutors and police.<\/p>\n

DeSimone said the SUV had been struck while parked in a lot, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Middle Township Police Chief Christopher Leusner.<\/p>\n

However, investigators determined that the vehicle was actually involved in a crash on Dec. 8, during a meeting at the Rio Grande Fire Department, Sutherland said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In a similar article about the same incident…<\/p>\n

Rio Grande Fire Official Facing Charges For Fake Accident Claim<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Pro Tip: If you’re going to try to get a leg up over your insurance company or the authorities after an accident,\u00a0be prepared to face\u00a0some major consequences. In other words, insurance fraud is bad. So is a false claim to the police.<\/p>\n

You’re probably reading this and saying to yourself “yeah, no duh”. Well, that lesson is currently being learned by a fire prevention official in Cape May County. NJ.com reports that an official associated with the\u00a0Rio Grande Fire Prevention and Inspection Bureau is facing charges after\u00a0reporting a false accident claim which stated that the government vehicle in his possession was involved in a hit-and-run.<\/p>\n

Daniel DeSimone stated in his original claim that the vehicle had been hit\u00a0while parked in a parking lot. Investigators have now come to find out, however, that what really happened is shaping up to be a different story entirely. Apparently, the commission-owned Chevy Tahoe was in an accident\u00a0after a meeting with the Rio Grande Fire Department\u00a0a day before the claim was filed.<\/p>\n

To make a long story short, the authorities are claiming the hit-and-run never happened.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kind of difficult to make a living in a town where the public needs to trust you… and you lose that trust.<\/p>\n

OK, I’ll spit out the cliche that you’re all thinking – Liar, liar, pants on fire!<\/p>\n

I’m ashamed of myself for that.\u00a0 But hey, we’ll keep an open mind and see what the investigation turns up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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