A Kutztown couple face insurance coverage fraud costs after borough police mentioned they falsely reported a automobile as stolen when in truth they parked it in loads alongside an Appalachian path overlook in Lehigh County.
Sarah E. Kreger, and her husband, Andrew J. Tagliavia,, each 27 and of the five hundred block of Briar Circle North, remained free to await a listening to after turning themselves in for arraignment Monday earlier than District Choose Brian Okay. Strand in Studying Central Courtroom.
They face costs of insurance coverage fraud, conspiracy and making a false report.
In line with the most likely trigger affidavit:
On Feb.24, Kreger reported her Ford Escape, which she had parked in entrance of her residence, was lacking. She initially informed police she moved her automobile to the entrance of her residence between 1 and a pair of a.m. that day, however later acknowledged it as simply earlier than midnight on Feb. 23. She mentioned she found it lacking when she awoke the following morning.
An officer checked out borough safety digicam footage that confirmed the Escape turning proper onto Faculty Boulevard from Brian Circle North at 12:54 a.m. on Feb. 24. Across the identical time, the footage reveals a dark-colored Ford Taurus leaving the world simultaneous with Kreger’s Escape. The Tursus is seen returning practically two hours later.
The officer checked the world of Briar Circle North to see if he might find the Taurus and located one registered to Kreger’s husband, Tagliavia.
Police collected footage from the five hundred block of Faculty Boulevard that supplied a transparent view of the couple’s condo. It reveals Kreger’s Escape wasn’t moved till simply earlier than 1 a.m. Feb. 24, when each the Escape and Taurus had been seen leaving collectively.
The officer interviewed Kreger, who admitted that she and Tagliavia drove each autos to Bake Oven Knob, a excessive level on the Blue Mountain ridge close to Germantown and a well-liked spot amongst Appalachian Path hikers. She mentioned she was not going to have the ability to make the mortgage cost for the following month.
She and Tagliavia scraped off all figuring out stickers off the Escape, eliminated and discarded the registration plate and left the automobile on the overlook.