Sunday, November 21, 2010

East Orange, NJ Cop Committed Insurance Fraud

In March 2010 East Orange police officer Kareen Spence was arrested on three counts including aggravated arson, insurance fraud and attempted theft by deception.  The arrest resulted from an investigation into a fire that destroyed his 2002 Cadillac Coup DeVille.  
 
Spence had been a police officer for about six years and he plead guilty to intentionally burning his Cadillac.  His reason for doing so was that it was continually overheating.  The car had 122,000 miles and owed $8,000 on the car.  He had taken the car to Irvington and lit it on fire in order to make an insurance claim and collect the cash.

As part of the deal, Spence pled guilty to insurance fraud and the arson and theft by deception charges were dropped.

Spence will face 3 to 5 years in prison when sentenced on February 4, 2011.

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