Fire department captain arrested for torching own car

A fire department captain faces insurance fraud charges after allegedly falsely claiming her car was stolen

Fire department captain arrested for torching own car

Insurance News

By Ryan Smith

A captain in the Philadelphia Fire Department has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly falsely claiming her car had been stolen.

Yolanda Stallings, a paramedic captain in the Philadelphia Fire Department, has been charged with forgery, theft by deception and other offenses, according to a report by Philly.com.

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Stallings had reported her SUV stolen and filed an insurance claim for $18,500. The vehicle was later discovered in Washington, D.C. It had been torched, according to Philly.com.

Despite her claim that the vehicle had been stolen, evidence allegedly placed Stallings at the scene.

Stallings was previously an executive chief of strategic services for the fire department. Under a department reorganization earlier in the year, she was moved from that position to paramedic captain, according to Philly.com.


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