Woman accused of torching car for insurance money
Borough police charged
According to court documents filed by borough police Patrolman
She told police she was inside watching television when she heard a noise, then looked out her window and noticed her van was missing.
Dutter told police she is the only one with keys to the vehicle and that the doors to the van were not locked at the time. She told police she had been behind on her payments but confirmed that the lienholder,
On
Later that day, Dutter called the police and said she had last seen her vehicle at about
Behind on payments
Dutter and her husband, William, came to the police station
She told police the vehicle had already broken down once and needed a number of repairs.
According to court documents, when Stelma left the room, Dutter allegedly told Dillman that she set the fire.
She told him that she dumped gas in the van, which had garbage on the floor, lit it, left the door open and walked down the hill. She called the police to report the alleged theft when she returned home after the 1.2-mile walk.
Dutter admitted to calling her insurance company to report the vehicle stolen.
She told police
Police charged Dutter with felony counts of arson and related offenses to collect insurance, arson-reckless burning or exploding, risking a catastrophe, and motor vehicle insurance fraud, and misdemeanor charges of possessing the instrument of a crime, recklessly endangering another person, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and filing a false report.
She was arraigned Thursday before
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