Louisiana staged accidents

Divergence in sentencing grows as 2 more Louisiana accident scammers are sentenced

The divergence in sentence lengths for those who have pleaded guilty in the Louisiana staged accident scheme continues to grow.

In the latest sentencing Thursday, both for individuals who were not masterminds of the plots but were passengers in cars that collided with commercial vehicles, one defendant received 17 months in jail. The second received three years of probation.

With more than 10 people now sentenced for their involvement, sentences have ranged from probation to six months of home...

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Sentencings in Louisiana staged truck/bus accidents: probation for 2, jail for another

Three more defendants in the Louisiana staged accident scheme received significantly different sentences in the latest adjudication of earlier guilty pleas in announcements made Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s office.

One defendant, Chandrika Brown, received a 3-year probation for her role in the New Orleans-area staged accident in 2015 that struck a school bus — the only one of the documented fake incidents involving something other than a truck. 

Another defendant, Keishira Robinson, received...

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New Orleans staged truck accident scheme racks up 2 more guilty pleas

The guilty pleas continue to pile up in the Louisiana staged accident scheme, with two more reported by the U.S. attorney’s office in New Orleans on Thursday.

Both defendants pleaded guilty in connection with a staged accident on June 8, 2016. The collision took place in New Orleans.

Davienque Johnson, 28, and her mother, Lertrice Johnson, 45, both pleaded guilty to one count of violating federal mail fraud law. Every indictment and every guilty plea in the staged accident prosecution so far has...

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Louisiana scorecard: A guilty plea and a jail sentence in staged accident scheme

It has been an active few weeks for prosecution linked to the Louisiana staged accident scam, with a participant sentenced to jail and another pleading guilty just after another pair of guilty pleas. 

In the sentencing announced Wednesday, Dewayne Coleman, 22, of Marrero, Louisiana, received 12 months in jail handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Vance. He also received three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay approximately $120,000 in restitution.

The charge against...

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2 more plead guilty in Louisiana staged accident scheme

The guilty pleas keep piling up in the Louisiana staged truck accident investigation.The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane Evans, has announced two new guilty pleas in the past 10 days, bringing the total to 32. There have been no convictions after a trial in the investigation, because as of yet, no defendants have chosen to go to trial.

When the U.S. attorney’s office announced in February the indictment of seven individuals, it brought the number of people charged in...

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New indictments in Louisiana staged accident case show investigation is far from over

The Louisiana staged accident investigation has found new targets.  

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Duane Evans announced Tuesday that seven individuals had been charged with involvement in the scheme, the first indictments handed down since September 2021. The indictments were unsealed Feb. 3. 

The latest indictment brings the number of individuals charged in the investigation to 47. Going back to 2020, there have been 30 guilty pleas and the first sentences to jail or home...

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Low-level participant in Louisiana staged accident scheme gets 10 months

A participant in the Louisiana staged accident scheme has been sentenced to 10 months in jail. 

The court’s action is the first since the December sentencing of another participant in the staged accidents. That defendant, Genetta Isreal, was sentenced only to home incarceration, in contrast to sentences of three other participants who got time in jail.

In the latest sentencing Wednesday, Ryan Wheaten, 54, was sentenced to the 10-month term by U.S. District Court Judge Lance Africk of the Eastern...

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Woman avoids jail time in latest sentencing for Louisiana staged accidents

A Houston woman who pleaded guilty to involvement in the Louisiana staged accident scam is staying out of jail after her sentencing.

Genetta Isreal was sentenced to six months’ home incarceration as part of the three years’ probation sentence handed down Thursday by U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon. Fallon sits on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where all the other defendants in the staged accident cases have been indicted, pleaded guilty or sentenced. 

The numerous...

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7 nuevas acusaciones dictadas por la estafa del accidente simulado en Louisiana

Cuando parecía que la investigación sobre la estafa de los accidentes simulados en Louisiana ya iba a finalizar, el fiscal del caso abrió una nueva serie de acusaciones. 

Tras la declaración de culpabilidad de un individuo el mes pasado, 27 de los 33 individuos que habían sido acusados en la estafa de accidentes simulados hasta ese momento se habían declarado culpables, incluido el único abogado que había sido acusado.

Pero el lunes, el fiscal del Distrito Este, Duane Evans, anunció la acusación...

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7 new indictments handed down in Louisiana staged accident scam

Just when it looked like the Louisiana staged accident scam investigation might be winding down, the U.S. prosecutor in the case has unsealed a new set of indictments. 

After a guilty plea by an individual last month, 27 of the 33 individuals who had been indicted in the staged accident scheme up to that point had pleaded guilty, including the one attorney who had been charged.

But on Monday, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Duane Evans announced the indictment of seven more individuals he...

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