Family: Hit-And-Run Was Not Phony
Police: Video Exposes That Parking Lot Accident Was Faked
POSTED: 8:34 pm MST July 3,
2009
UPDATED: 11:51 pm MST July 3,
2009
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- The family of a woman accused of intentionally walking into a moving car in order to collect insurance money says police are wrong.Omeika Ballard has been charged with filing a false report after police determined that she wanted to get hit by a car in a Wal-Mart parking lot as a scam to get insurance money.The Chandler police report cited two witnesses who said they saw Ballard intentionally move into a moving car.Police said surveillance video from the story paints a similar picture.But Ballard's grandmother said the woman is telling the truth."I trust her and I know she's not a liar," said Vadis Bonner.Bonner admitted that she has not seen the video, but said that she would take a look.
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