Greensboro man charged with insurance fraud, false pretense

PACE OF THE R.WA CHRISTINA: PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO ANNOUNCING A BAN ON ALL RUSSIAN AFFILIATED SHIPS. NO SHIP SAILING UNDER THE RUSSIAN FLAG WILL BE ALLOWED AT A U.S. PORT. POLICE IN WINSTON-SALEM EAR INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A MAN WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES. OFFICERS SAY THEY FOD UNE 32-YEAR-OLD VICTIM IN A PARKING LOT ON BETHLEHEM LANE. THAT VICTIM HAD BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS WITH OTHERS, WHEN SOMEONE STARTED SHOOTING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL WINSTON SALEM POLICE. MORE INFORMATION IS COMING OUT ABOUT A TRAFFIC STOP IN GRAH,AM THAT LED TO POLICE USING PHYSICAL FORCE. OFFICERS SAY THEY PULLED SOMEONE OVER AT THE PINES APARTMENTS, ON IVEY ROAD YESTERDAY. THEY SAY A SMALL CROWD GATHEDRE AND BECAME AGITATED, BEFORE TRYING TO INTERFERE WITH T STOP .AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW BEING CONDUCTED, TO SEE IF THE CORRECT PO LICIES WERE FOLLOWED. HIGH POINT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARG.ES WHILE CARRYING OUT A SEARCH WARRANT, OFFICERS FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE, HEROINND A MARIJUANA. THEY ALSO FOUND MORE THAN $10,000 IN CASH, AND TWO FIREAR.MS THOMAS ELIJAH GORHAM IS FACING CHARGES OF TRAFFICKING COCAINE, POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO SELL OR DELIVER, AND POSSESSION OF A FIARREM BY A FEL.ON IN ALAMANCE COUNTY, A MEBANE MAN ISND UER ARREST, FOLLOWING A POLICE CHASE. BRANDON MARTEZ ALLEN REPORTEDLY LED THE ORANGEOU CNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND MEBANE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A CHASE. ALLEN WAS LOOKING TO ESCEAP ARSTRE FOR KIDNAPPING CHARGES. ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES JOINED THE PURSUIT ON I-40 WEST, AT HIGHWAY 11IN9 MEBANE. DEPUTIES ENDED THE CHASE NEAR THE HUMAN FFMILL RD EXIT IN BURLINGTON. ALLEN IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN ORGEAN COUNTY. HAPPENING THIS AFTERNOON HIGH , POINT IS THE LATEST TRIAD CITY TO OPEN A SOCIAL DISTRICT. YOU CAN NOW BUY AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, AND WALK AROUND THE DISTRICT WITH BEER IN HAND. RACHEL ELLIS JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KW.NO >> THE GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE DOWNTOWN HIGH POINT A PLACE ERWHE PEOPLE CAN SHOP, EAT, GATHER AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME. RYAN FERGUSON, THE MARKETING MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF HIGH POINT, SAYS THE STATE CAMEUT O WITH GUIDANCE ON HOW CITIES CAN IMPLEMENT SOCIAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT NORTH CAROLINA. IN HIGH POINT, THIS SOCIAL DISTRICT WILL BE IN PLACE ALL YEAR ROUND FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM. FERGUSON SAYS THE DEGNATEDSI SOCIAL DISTRICT IS RIGHT NEAR TRUIST STAIDUM, WHERE A FOOD HALL WILL SOAL BE OPENINUPG . HE EXPLAINED THIS AREA WAS BUILT TO TRY TO BECOME A YEAR-ROUND PLACE FOR ALL TO VISIT AND ENJOY. RYAN FERGUSON: WWANTE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, WE WANT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE COMING TO HIGH POINT RSVEUS MAYBE GNGOI TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE WANT TO BE THAT DESTINATION CITY TT HASOME THINK THAT WE AREN’T. WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER AND I INTHK THIS IS JUST AN ENHANCEMENT TO SHOW THAT HEY COME OUT, GRAB YOURSELF A BEER, WALK AROUND. SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFR.FE >> I HAVE THE LINK TO THIS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE RIGHT NOW. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS STAY ON THE SIDEWALK AND WITHIN THE SOCIAL DISTRICT IF YOU HAVE A DRINK INAND. H CHRISTINA: THERE’S SET TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO SUNDAY AFTERNN.OO THE CITY IS EXPECTING TO SEE MORE THAN 20,000 VISITORS AT THE DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL, AND OTHER EVENTS AT THE BASEBALL STADIUM AND TANGER CENTER. STREET PARKING WILL BE LIMITED. DRIVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE CITY PARKING DECKS. SOME STREETS WILL BE CLODSE SUNDAY. THOSE ARE WEST MARKET STREET, FROM EUGENE STREET TO NORTH ELM STREET, ELM STETRE, FROM FRIENDLY AVENUE TO WASHINGTON STREET, AND GREENE STREET, FROM FRIENDLY AVENUE TO WASHINGTON STREET. THE ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER FOR SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK IS BK.AC VOLUNTEERS HERE IN THE TRIAD ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO HELP PREPARE FOR A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. WE’RE MEETING A WOMAN WHO’S USING HER TALENTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> FO R GAIL DUL SA,ITTING AT THE POTTER’S WHEEL HAS BECOME SECOND NATURE ILGA DULA: I’V’ BEEN WRACKING MY BRAIN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YEAR I STARTED. >> SPENDING THE DAY, PREPPING, KNEADING AND MOLDING CLAY INTO BOWLS, ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE. SHE’S A STAR CONTRIBUTOR TO SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK’S EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER AN EVENT THAT SELLS HANDCRAFTED POTTERY AND HOT SOUP TO RAISE MONEY THAT WILL FEED FAMILIES HERE HEIN T COMMUNITY WHO MAY OTHER WISE GO WITHOUT. GAILUL DA: IT DISTURBS ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE DINNER TOGHNIT. IF I CAN DO SOMETHING TO HPEL PEOPLE WHO NEED FOOD IT DOESN’’ GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. >> AND SO, ON SHE GOES, THWI STEADY HANDS AND A WATCHFUL EYE, HER VISION SLOWLY COMES TO LEIF GAIL DULA: YOU TAKE SOMETHING THAT’S A BLOB AND YOU MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU HOPE IS BEAUTIFUL. >> SPINNING BOWLS HAS BECOME A PASSION FOR GAIL AND IF YOU WONDER HOW SHE GOT STARTED. LET’S JUST SAY HER HUSBAND HAD A LITTLE SOMETHINGO TDO WITH IT. GAIL DULA: YEARS AGO, AND I WISH I COULD REMEMBER HOW MY. I HAD THROWN MAYBE 10 BOWLS I DON’T RECALL. 5? AND I WAS TALKING TO MY HUSBAND AND I SAID ’YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD TO DO THOSE THIN.GS I’M GLAD I DO IT, ’ AND HE SAYS, ‘ ’YOU NEED TO THROW 100.’ SO ITS HIS FAULT. I’M BLAMING HIM. >> GAIL NOT ONLY ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE; BUT SHE HAS EXCEEDED HER QUOTA FOR MANY YEARS. SO MUCH SO, SHE’S LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY BOWLS SHE’S MA.DE GAIL DULA: IF IT’S NOT 1,000, YEAH I’M PRETTY CLOSE AND YEAH I’LL GET THERE BECAUSE I’M’NOT STOPPING YET. >> AND WITH ONE FINAL GRAZE, SHE REFIS NETHE EDGES MAKING THE HARD LINES SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ONCE THESE BOWLS DRY. EACH PIECE IS INTERESTING AND UNIQUE, MUCH LIKE THE PEOPLE THEY WILL SUPPORT. CHRISTINA: IF YOU’D LIKE TO PURCHASE ONE OF GAIL’S BOWLS, YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKET TO THE EMPTY BOWL FUNDRAISER, WITH SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK. THOSE TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE ONLINE, AT

Greensboro man charged with insurance fraud of over $11,000, fraudulent photos of a fire

Updated: 4:01 PM EDT Apr 22, 2022

A Greensboro man has been charged with felonies including insurance fraud, police said.North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Antonio Deondrea Collins, 32. Collins was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.The Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division claims Collins obtained $11,122 from State Farm Insurance Co. by providing the company with fraudulent photos and documents of a fire that did not occur as a part of a renters’ insurance policy claim.The offenses occurred between Dec. 19, 2019, and June 15, 2021. Collins was arrested by special agents and Greensboro police on March 21.He is due in Guilford County District Court on May 2.“Property and casualty insurance fraud costs insurance customers an estimated $120 billion a year in increased premiums,” Causey said in a statement. “The Department of Insurance has beefed up its fraud-fighting staff in an effort to make more arrests to keep fraud from driving up insurance costs.”

GREENSBORO, N.C. —

A Greensboro man has been charged with felonies including insurance fraud, police said.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Antonio Deondrea Collins, 32.

Collins was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.

The Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division claims Collins obtained $11,122 from State Farm Insurance Co. by providing the company with fraudulent photos and documents of a fire that did not occur as a part of a renters’ insurance policy claim.

The offenses occurred between Dec. 19, 2019, and June 15, 2021.

Collins was arrested by special agents and Greensboro police on March 21.

He is due in Guilford County District Court on May 2.

“Property and casualty insurance fraud costs insurance customers an estimated $120 billion a year in increased premiums,” Causey said in a statement. “The Department of Insurance has beefed up its fraud-fighting staff in an effort to make more arrests to keep fraud from driving up insurance costs.”