Martha Gutiérrez Deromero told the authorities that he stopped his Chevy truck, on the way to an exchange meeting, between fruit trees on the outskirts of wood in the center of California to adjust his merchandise when the men appeared.
The 57 -year -old woman had been traveling on the morning of May 23 near the intersection of Avenue 21 and Road 26, a rural two -lane road near a fire station, with a fitness merchandise worth $ 60,000 in her vehicle.
At the exact moment he stopped, two men masked with knives approached Draomero and stole the truck, he said.
It was a story of time, poor for spin and fortuitous for car robust, who did not sit well with the agents of the wood county sheriff.
The truck contained approximately $ 60,000 in goods that included fitness clothes, waist coaches and supplements, authorities said.
(Sheriff's Office of the Wood County)
The story of Deromero finally collapsed after multiple rounds of interviews with the researchers. The authorities determined that theft of cars was nothing more than a hoax with a quick cash target through insurance fraud, Sheriff's officials said.
Deromero and her boyfriend Alfredo Ledezma, 57, of wood, were accused on Friday of a serious crime of insurance fraud and a minor crime to present a false police report, according to judicial records.
“What began as a serious and worrying report of a violent car theft quickly unraveled under careful investigation,” said the wood county sheriff, Tyson Pogue, in a statement. “Trying to exploit emergency services for personal benefit is not only illegal, but deviates the resources of those who really need help.”
Sheriff's officials of wood county did not return phone calls of the times in search of additional comments. Deromero and Ledezma could not be contacted immediately to comment. It is not clear if they have lawyers.
Both must return to court on July 8 for position reading audiences.
When Deromero called the authorities just after 8 in the morning of May 23 to inform that he had been immediately launched cars researchers.
The deputies distributed a description of the vehicle and the suspects. The authorities finally found the abandoned white truck in the nearby Merced county and a storage locker containing goods that coincided with the description of the stolen goods.
After another round of interrogated detectives, he determined that Deromero and Ledezma had “organized the entire incident” as part of an insurance fraud scheme, according to the criminal complaint filed in the Superior Court of the Wood County.
“I am proud of our team to see through deception and hold those responsible,” Pogue said.
