Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
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16 Coushatta residents among 18 indicted in alleged insurance scheme
Sixteen Coushatta residents are among 18 people indicted Thursday in connection with an ongoing investigation of insurance fraud centered in the Coushatta area.
The 63-count indictment accuses each person of conspiracy and mail, wire and health-care fraud.
This is the third federal indictment arising from an investigation into staged traffic accidents, according to information from U.S. Attorney Donald Washington.
If convicted, each faces five to 20 years in prison
a $250,000 fine, or both, on each count.
None of the Coushatta residents were booked into the Red River Jail, Sheriff Johnny Ray Norman said. Those named in the indictments were picked up a
t their residences in Coushatta and transported to Sh
reveport for booking.
Booking records show Christopher McDonald, 30, of Coushatta was booked into Caddo Correctional Center on Thursday on one count of issuing worthless checks. None of the remaining 17 appeared on booking records at Caddo Correctional or the Shreveport City Jail. "We knew they were in here working," Norman said Friday. "We did get a lot of calls from people wanting to know why their son or whoever was being arrested. But we didn't even know all of the names." The other 15 Coushatta residents named in the indictments are Felicia Ashton, 29; Antoinette Brock, 24; Barbara Ann Calhoun, also known as Bobbie Ann Calhoun, 46; Dina Coleman, 35; Schuwunica Davis, 27; Isaiah Demease, 23; Derrick Demery, 24
; Jermaine Deon Johnson, 22; John McDonald, 30; Robert Owens, 32; Jerelle Jermaine Palmer, 22; Denise Wells, 26; Dietrick Ashton, 30; and Diaquanita Solton, 24.
Also indicted were Deme
triu
s Washington, 30, of Shreveport and Cedric McDonald, 25, of Baton R
ouge. Rodney Wilber, 25, of Coushatta, was indicted but already is incarcerated in Texas on unrelated charges.
The indictment arises from allegations that 20 traffic accidents were staged between June 1999 and July 2001. In two other reportedly legitimate accidents, the participants allegedly claimed false injuries.
"We will continue to investigate and prosecute cases involving fraud that affects us all," Washington said. "Anyone with information about insurance fraud should contact your nearest FBI office or the Louisiana state police insurance fraud unit."
Assisting state police and FBI in the investigation were the National Insurance Crime Bureau, U.S. Marshal's Service, Ca
ddo-Shreveport White-collar Crimes Task Force, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Shreveport Police Department.
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Next, go after the personal injury attorneys who helped these n-ggers run this scam.
T.N.B.
16 Coushatta residents among 18 indicted in alleged insurance scheme
Sixteen Coushatta residents are among 18 people indicted Thursday in connection with an ongoing investigation of insurance fraud centered in the Coushatta area.
The 63-count indictment accuses each person of conspiracy and mail, wire and health-care fraud.
This is the third federal indictment arising from an investigation into staged traffic accidents, according to information from U.S. Attorney Donald Washington.
If convicted, each faces five to 20 years in prison
a $250,000 fine, or both, on each count.
None of the Coushatta residents were booked into the Red River Jail, Sheriff Johnny Ray Norman said. Those named in the indictments were picked up a
t their residences in Coushatta and transported to Sh
reveport for booking.
Booking records show Christopher McDonald, 30, of Coushatta was booked into Caddo Correctional Center on Thursday on one count of issuing worthless checks. None of the remaining 17 appeared on booking records at Caddo Correctional or the Shreveport City Jail. "We knew they were in here working," Norman said Friday. "We did get a lot of calls from people wanting to know why their son or whoever was being arrested. But we didn't even know all of the names." The other 15 Coushatta residents named in the indictments are Felicia Ashton, 29; Antoinette Brock, 24; Barbara Ann Calhoun, also known as Bobbie Ann Calhoun, 46; Dina Coleman, 35; Schuwunica Davis, 27; Isaiah Demease, 23; Derrick Demery, 24
; Jermaine Deon Johnson, 22; John McDonald, 30; Robert Owens, 32; Jerelle Jermaine Palmer, 22; Denise Wells, 26; Dietrick Ashton, 30; and Diaquanita Solton, 24.
Also indicted were Deme
triu
s Washington, 30, of Shreveport and Cedric McDonald, 25, of Baton R
ouge. Rodney Wilber, 25, of Coushatta, was indicted but already is incarcerated in Texas on unrelated charges.
The indictment arises from allegations that 20 traffic accidents were staged between June 1999 and July 2001. In two other reportedly legitimate accidents, the participants allegedly claimed false injuries.
"We will continue to investigate and prosecute cases involving fraud that affects us all," Washington said. "Anyone with information about insurance fraud should contact your nearest FBI office or the Louisiana state police insurance fraud unit."
Assisting state police and FBI in the investigation were the National Insurance Crime Bureau, U.S. Marshal's Service, Ca
ddo-Shreveport White-collar Crimes Task Force, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Shreveport Police Department.
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Next, go after the personal injury attorneys who helped these n-ggers run this scam.
T.N.B.
