Garner woman charged in insurance scams
A Garner woman has been charged with filing fraudulent insurance claims and in a theft from a Rocky Mount home, officials said Thursday.
Posted — UpdatedKimberly Joyce Smithson, 32, of 2216 Sumter Drive, was charged with larceny, breaking and entering, filing a false report, insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. She was being held in the Wake County jail under a $52,000 secured bond.
Rocky Mount police said Smithson stole diamond, sapphire, pearl, emerald and gold jewelry totaling $14,550 on May 24 from the home of a friend whose house she was watching.
The state Department of Insurance determined that Smithson filed a fraudulent claim with Assurant Insurance Co. on April 21, claiming that a flat-screen television and digital camera were stolen from her home. She received $310.46 for her alleged losses, officials said.
Also, DOI investigators said she had someone set fire to her Garner home and then filed a claim with Nationwide Insurance for $9,389 for property destroyed in the fire.
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