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Investigations Press Release

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Briana Samone Caldwell, 28, of 4216 Parker St., Greensboro. Caldwell is charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Caldwell of obtaining $26,618.90 from State Farm Property and Casualty Insurance by submitting false documents on a fictitious fire claim at her apartment.

The offense occurred on Dec. 22, 2020.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Latonya Levette Tucker, 46, of 2924 W. Hills Drive, Greenville. Tucker was charged with two counts of insurance fraud and two counts of attempting to obtain property by false pretense, all felonies.

Special agents from the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division investigated two fraud incidents, one occurring in 2012 and the other in 2019.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Ronnie Bernard Truesdale, 41, of 1920 Boaz Road, Raleigh. Truesdale was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, a felony.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Levi Baril, 36, of 320 Befordshire Place, Fayetteville. Baril was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Baril of making an automobile insurance claim with Government Employees Insurance Co., telling the company that his 2006 Ford F250 truck was stolen in Fayetteville on July 26, 2020.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Malik Gerald Devone, 26, of 2503 Crescent Forest Drive, Raleigh. Devone was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Devone of providing Discovery Insurance Co. with a false date for an automobile crash in an effort to obtain an insurance claim payment.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Lakeisha Hope, 37, of 4750 Lake Valley Drive, Fayetteville. Hope was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Hope of providing false information to Sentry Insurance regarding an automobile insurance claim.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Sidonique Alexia Edwards, 21, of Falcon Wood Court, Winston-Salem. Edwards was charged with two counts of insurance fraud, one count of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of attempting to obtain property by false pretense, all felonies.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Michael Edward Rogers, 56, of 520 Community House Road, Roxboro. Rogers was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Rogers of providing false information to Erie Insurance in a claim involving an automobile wreck.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Robin Sherick Jones, 43, of 1914 Jersey Ave., Durham. Jones was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Jones of falsely telling Peak Property and Casualty Insurance Co. that her Chevrolet Camaro was damaged in a crash while it was parked in front of her apartment.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Donald Aashawn Haywood, 25, of 1403 Brookwood Circle, High Point, was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.

Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Haywood of attempting to obtain $720 by filing a fraudulent claim with USAA Insurance.