YORK – Susan Schulz, 51, of rural York has pleaded not guilty to felony insurance fraud and misdemeanor false reporting.
The York resident appeared in York County District Court this past week for arraignment, along with her attorney, York County Public Defender Nancy Waldron.
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York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff says the cases stem from two separate incidents.
“The first – the insurance fraud case – stems from the defendant calling our office saying her house had been burglarized,” the sheriff explained. “She said she left to take her son to school and when she returned home, she found that someone had broken into her house. She said she was missing a computer, medications, jewelry, cash and other items.”
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He said Schulz attempted to file a claim with an insurance company to recoup the value of the stolen property.
“The problem was that there was never a crime,” the sheriff said.
He didn’t provide the details that led to the discovery it was an alleged false claim. Radcliff only stated that the investigative process revealed she allegedly made up the story.
“She even gave us a license plate number of a male driver who had been seen in the area,” the sheriff said, “but there was no crime. It was all a lie in an attempt to get money from the insurance company.”
In a separate situation, Sheriff Radcliff said his department received a call from York General Hospital.
“Hospital personnel reported that Schulz was there, saying she’d been in a car accident – an accident that hadn’t been reported to us. She said she had back pain and needed medication,” Sheriff Radcliff said. “But it was discovered that she wasn’t hurt, she just needed drugs. She said the accident happened while she was delivering newspapers for the Omaha World Herald – but we confirmed that she was not a carrier for the World Herald and there was no indication of an accident with the vehicle or signs of such at the place where she said it had allegedly occurred. We also have evidence that she’s been to a number of other hospitals with the same false reporting of accidents that never happened, just to get medications.”
A trial has been set for May 14.
If convicted, Schulz could be facing a possible maximum sentence of 21 years in prison and/or $26,000 in fines.
