Six Colquitt County residents and a Clayton County woman involved in a staged insurance fraud ring have been arrested, Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens reported Wednesday.

A joint investigation by the state Insurance Fraud Division and Fire Investigation Unit revealed the suspects staged fires, residential burglaries and automobile vandalism to commit insurance fraud for financial gain, Hudgens said.

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The investigation revealed that between January 2013 and December 2015, the suspects staged more than 24 incidents and received claim settlements from Allstate, Assurant, GEICO and Georgia Farm Bureau insurance companies totaling $392,000.

Arrested and booked into the Colquitt County Jail were Ricky Lewis Forrest, 26, KaNaya McGee, 35, Diana McGee, 55, Cachea Jones, 25,Shikia Latimore, 21 and Lvariaus King, 24, all of Moultrie, Ga.

Also arrested and being held in the Clayton County Jail is Doris Ann Buie, 49, of College Park, Ga.

Each suspect faces numerous charges including first degree arson, insurance fraud, theft by deception, identity fraud, forgery and making false statements.

“Not only did these individuals endanger the lives of others by setting fires, they also committed insurance fraud, a crime that costs Georgians thousands of dollars each year,” Hudgens said in a statement.

Lexington Police are investigating a reported kidnapping that occurred Wednesday night.

John Jarrett has been charged with kidnapping and wanton endangerment.

Police say that Jarrett, 26 grabbed a woman by her clothing and pulled her into his vehicle.

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The victim was able to get away but she tells police that Jarrett choked her and held an object to her throat.  As she was trying to escape, her feet were dragged outside the vehicle as he drove away.

The victim told police that Jarrett threatened to kill her multiple time, refused to allow her out of the vehicle and stole her cell phone.

Jarrett was arrested about an hour later and will be arraigned Thursday afternoon.

A western Kentucky man has been charged with murder after authorities say he hit and killed a young boy riding a bike.

Kentucky State Police say they were called to a crash at Kentucky 2091 and Highway 60 in Union County just before 8:30 Wednesday night. Troopers say the juvenile was riding a bicycle when the driver hit him.

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The juvenile was flown to St Mary’s Medical Center where he died.

Police say 22-year-old Steven Freeman is facing several charges, including murder and driving under the influence.

He is currently in the Union County Detention Center.

The name of the victim has not been released.

A councilman from Grantsville has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a suspected insurance fraud case, according to West Virginia State Police.

West Virginia State Police say Jesse Davis, 30, of Grantsville, was arrested Tuesday on charges of arson of an insured vehicle and child neglect.

Sgt. L.G. O’Bryan tells WSAZ on December 11, Davis was driving through Grantsville with a 17-year-old relative when he set fire to the moving vehicle.

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O’Bryan tells WSAZ they developed probable cause to believe Davis set the fire to fraudulently receive money from his insurance company, by claiming the vehicle caught fire while he was driving.

According to Sgt. O’Bryan, this is not the first time Davis allegedly set fire to a vehicle for an insurance claim.

Due to family members working in the court system in Grantsville that recused themselves from the case, as well as the county’s prosecutor, the Roane County prosecutor’s office had to sign the warrant and press charges against Davis.

An Ohio man is looking for a Good Samaritan who helped him while he was stranded in Kentucky on the interstate during the snow storm.

Ron Williams wrote a letter to London’s Sentinel Echo Newspaper explaining how he and his wife got stuck in the storm and after sitting in the paralyzed traffic for 11 hours they were able to find a room at the Quality Inn in London, but their car couldn’t get up their hill.  A mechanic working nearby, named Sean, rescued the couple on his ATV.

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The couple turned in for the night, only to realize they hadn’t gotten Sean’s last name.

“He said, are you a veteran?  I said, ‘why yes I am.’ And he said, ‘thank you for your service, I’m proud to have done this,’” Ron told LEX 18’s Kristen Pflum.

Ron and his wife are on a mission to find out who Sean is to thank him for helping them in an unforgettable night.

If you think you know Sean the mechanic who helped this family, call the LEX 18 newsroom at (859) 381- 1801.

The Williams family would also like to thank the staff at the Quality Inn for all their help that weekend.

A man has been charged with murder in the case of a death investigation at the Washington County Livestock Center.

Police say Eric T. Saylor, 47, of Lancaster, was arrested at the Marion County Jail around 6:31 p.m. Wednesday and charged with murder.

Saylor was in jail on unrelated charges.

KSP Detectives were investigating the death of Shane E. Thomason, 53, of Lancaster. He died of a gunshot wound.

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He will remain lodged on a $1,000,000.00 bond issued by the Washington County Attorney’s office.

The case remains under investigation.

Bradley Madden, the son of the man arrested for the murder of 7-year-old Gabbi Doolin, has been charged with four counts of statutory rape in Macon County, TN, according to our sister station WKRN- TV.

Sheriff Mark Gammons told WKRN that the investigating involving Bradley Madden has been ongoing for approximately three months.

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Police did not say when the alleged incident occurred.

They report that the minor, whose age was not released, is from Tennessee.

Bradley, 20, is currently in the Simpson County Jail after he was arrested for threatening the Scottsville Police Department, following the arrest of his father, Timothy Madden.

Timothy Madden is charged with kidnapping, rape, sodomy and murder in Gabbi Doolin’s death.

Gabbi was found dead on November 14 after she was reported missing at a little league football game.

WKRN says Bradley Madden will be extradited back to Macon County to face the new charges against him.

A man was arrested for attempting to rob the Fifth Third Bank near on Mount Zion Road near Florence on Wednesday.

The Boone County Sheriff says the man presented the teller with a not, but apparently lost his nerve and ran out of the bank before getting any money.

He fled the scene in a white Toyota going toward U.S. 25.

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Deputy Chris Combs located the Toyota at the intersection of Industrial Road and U.S. 25. The Sheriff says that a short pursuit ended in the subject crashing on Garvey Road new New Buffington Road in Elsmere.

Combs apprehended the man as he tried to run away from the wrecked vehicle.

Christopher Turpin, 28 of Independence, Ky, is charged with Robbery 2^nd degree, Fleeing and Evading, Resisting Arrest and Criminal Mischief 3^rd degree.

The Sheriff says no weapon was brandished during these events.

The Lexington inmate that police say walked away from work release has turned herself in.

Police say that 33-year-old Tiffany Davis failed to return for a court ordered work release pass.

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Davis was scheduled to return from release at 6:00 pm Monday, February 1. She was being held on a charge of failure to appear and would have been released on February 4.

Now, in addition to her original charge, Davis is facing an escape charge.

Police are searching for a 23-year-old woman from Salem. Haley Jalbert was reported missing on Wednesday by the Lynn Police Department.

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Anyone with information is urged to contact Lynn police. You can report an anonymous tip by calling (781) 477-4444 or by texting “tiplynn” and the information to tip411 (847-411).