OAK HILL, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A couple faces fraud charges after falsifying information pertaining to an incident in which an arrest was made for Driving Revoked DUI.
According to reports from the West Virginia State Police Department, on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 5:15pm, Keri Faith Jarvis and Freddie Ray McCallister Jr. were involved in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Gatewood Road and Roberts Avenue in Oak Hill, WV.
Three vehicles were involved in the accident and all other drivers, along with all other passengers, provided statements which identified McCallister as the individual operating a blue 2007 Ford Escape which was involved.
McCallister was arrested at the scene of the accident and charged with Driving Revoked DUI.
Following the accident, Jarvis and McCallister filed for bodily injury claim through Nationwide Insurance Company. In the claim, it was stated that Jarvis was the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident, which is contradictory to the events which took place leading to McCallister’s arrest for Driving Revoked DUI.
Based on violation of the Fraudulent Insurance Act, Jarvis and McCallister have been charged for knowing and intentional misrepresentation as a means of obtaining payment or benefit from an insurer, a felony offense.
Furthermore, the pair have each been charged with the additional felony offense of obtaining money, property, and services by false pretense for the falsification of insurance reports to Nationwide Insurance claiming that Keri Jarvis had been the operator of the vehicle during the vehicle accident which occured on Friday, November 19, 2021.
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