State Officials Charge Cantonment Woman With Insurance Fraud

October 23, 2012

A Cantonment woman has been charged with felony insurance fraud for falsely claiming to be in a vehicle involved in an accident.

Catherine Annette Griffin, 54, was arrested on a warrant issued by the Florida Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud. She was later released from the Escambia County Jail on a $2,500 bond.

Investigators said Griffin claimed to be in a Chevrolet pickup truck backed into by another driver at a convenience store on Williams Ditch Road. Witnesses told investigators that the truck was occupied only by males.

Griffin initially claimed that she was dressed like a man and ran from the scene after the truck was hit because she was scared, according to an arrest affidavit. Griffin claimed to have suffered a neck injury and told investigators that she did not want money, just help for her pain.

When questioned by Division of Insurance Fraud detectives, Griffin told them, “I just don’t want to be in trouble,” the affidavit states.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News