Arcadia Man Arrested and Charged with Insurance Fraud

June 19, 2019

Frank David Berry III of Arcadia was arrested and charged with insurance fraud after an investigation by State Department of Financial Services, Division of Investigative and Forensic Services. A man in a van backed out of a parking spot, collided with a Mercury which struck a Cadillac parked nearby. After the accident, Berry called the insurance company claiming that he was in the Cadillac at the time of the collision. He claimed he went to the hospital due to pain in his neck and back as a result of the violent crash.

The driver of the van and a witness, however, say Berry was not in the Cadillac at the time of the crash. Berry is captured on security video footage from the parking lot leaving his vehicle and walking into the store over a minute before the collision of the three cars. Berry is facing charges of insurance fraud and three counts of using a communication device to facilitate a felony.

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