The light-colored vehicle in the case against Priscilla Carmona Arajo, Juan Barajas, Gabriella Cervantes, Roberto Carlos Macias, and Humberto Ortiz. A driver walked away. (Screenshot: California Department of Insurance)
Five people who each played a role in staging a hit-and-run car crash to collect an insurance payout of more than $30,000 are now facing charges after a video of the crash was discovered, according to the California Department of Insurance.
The footage, which you can see here , shows one person leaving a vehicle in the middle of an intersection and walking away as another person soon crashes into the car and walks off in the same direction as the first.
State authorities did not name the individuals in the video, but identified the five defendants as:
- Priscilla Carmona Arajo, 29 of Fontana, arrested on Monday
- Juan Barajas, 25, of Upland, is in custody in Orange County, California, for an unrelated case
- Gabriella Cervantes, 52, of Rancho Cucamonga, arrested on Jan. 16
- Roberto Carlos Macias, 40, of Chino, arrested Jan. 11, 2024
- Humberto Ortiz, 32, of Ontario, arrested on Tuesday