Woman put Lyft driver in a coma with her Jeep, then filed insurance claim that she was the victim of hit and run while at work: Police

A Wisconsin pistillate who allegedly tried to record a false security claim for her conveyance has been arrested successful transportation with a hit-and-run.

Jenni Fischer, 24, was charged with hit-and-run involving large bodily harm connected Dec. 10 successful transportation with a collision earlier this period that near a 26-year-old Lyft operator successful a coma. According to a transgression ailment reviewed by Law&Crime, constabulary tracked down the fishy conveyance aft Fischer allegedly tried to record an security assertion connected her Jeep SUV 2 days aft the collision. In the claim, Fischer stated that she saw the close broadside of her conveyance "smashed," with its windshield "cracked" and rearview reflector "broken" erstwhile she near her workplace and returned to the parking lot.

Surveillance video from the nighttime of the crash, which allegedly showed Fischer's Jeep arsenic it "sideswiped" the Lyft driver, told a antithetic communicative astir the purported damage.

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According to the transgression complaint, the Milwaukee Police Department responded to the country of the clang astatine 8:40 p.m. connected Dec. 1. Several radical called 911 to study that a pedestrian, aboriginal identified arsenic the Lyft driver, was struck by a conveyance successful an evident hit-and-run. The operator was "not conscious but was breathing" and had "severe trauma" to his head. He was transported to a section hospital.

Police stated that the operator had undergone 2 encephalon surgeries since the collision and was "in a coma, but his information is worsening."

Authorities said the driver's broadside doorway of the alleged victim's achromatic Nissan Sentra was "mangled and crushed backwards," accordant with the conveyance being "sideswiped" by different vehicle. Evidence of the fishy conveyance was recovered astatine the scene. After viewing surveillance video that captured the infinitesimal of impact, investigators determined that the fishy conveyance was a achromatic oregon grey SUV with lone its moving lights on.

Closer inspection of the surveillance video pointed to the fishy conveyance being a Jeep Compass. Investigators searched for security claims made for a Jeep Compass successful caller days and recovered 1 made connected Dec. 3, 2 days aft the crash. The VIN provided for the Jeep successful question was tracked backmost to Fischer. But that assertion required a constabulary report.

When Milwaukee Police Department officers looked into reports filed with the department, they recovered 1 done the Citizen Online Reporting portal, which is meant to beryllium utilized for insignificant crimes specified arsenic theft oregon vandalism, not centrifugal conveyance crashes. Police recovered a study matching the fig Fischer provided to the security company, filed connected Dec. 2, the time aft the crash.

According to the complaint, Fischer wrote successful the study that she came retired of enactment connected Dec. 1 and recovered her Jeep damaged successful the parking lot.

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The allegedly mendacious constabulary study led officers to Fischer's location address. Police obtained surveillance video footage from the parking operation connected with the code and saw the grey Jeep, with conscionable its moving lights on, entering the operation and propulsion into a spot astatine 8:41 p.m. connected Dec. 1. A blonde pistillate successful a greenish coat, aboriginal identified arsenic Fischer, appears connected the video "having difficulty" walking up a formation of stairs and "coming successful interaction with some sides of the staircase astatine assorted points successful time." Fischer besides dropped her keys arsenic she tried to participate the building's lobby.

While successful the lobby, Fischer reportedly "lean[ed] against the wall" until an elevator arrived.

The adjacent morning, Fischer was seen walking backmost to her Jeep and "[did] not look to person trouble walking down the stairs."

On Dec. 6, constabulary went to an code belonging to Fischer's parents. Fischer's parent confirmed that her girl had been progressive successful a car crash, but cited the communicative from the allegedly mendacious constabulary report. She brought the officers to a barn wherever Fischer's Jeep was parked. Officers recovered harm accordant with the clang arsenic good arsenic achromatic overgarment from the Lyft driver's Nissan. The Jeep was towed arsenic evidence.

Officers showed Fischer's parent the surveillance video from the collision, to which she responded, "Jesus Christ." She told constabulary to cancel the security assertion made by her girl "as it was not true."

Both Fischer's parent and begetter identified their girl arsenic the pistillate successful the greenish coat. Fischer was arrested astatine her parents' location connected Dec. 7.

Fischer was booked into the Milwaukee County Jail and charged with hit-and-run involving large bodily harm and making a fraudulent security claim. After a tribunal proceeding connected Dec. 11, her enslaved was acceptable astatine $20,000 cash. Her adjacent proceeding is scheduled for Dec. 17.