Seven more defendants have been indicted in New Orleans for their alleged involvement in schemes to stage accidents with commercial trucks.
United States Attorney Duane A. Evans said Ashley McGowan, age 35; Lertrice Johnson, age 45; Davienque Johnson, age 27; Herbert Allen, age 36, Troylynn Brown, age 34; Dion Ridley, age 22; and Jarvis Brown, age 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged with conspiring among themselves and with others to stage automobile accidents in Louisiana with tractor-trailers in order to defraud trucking and insurance companies. Read more...