CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A Charlotte woman has been charged with one count of insurance fraud, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said Thursday. Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Laverne Love Johnson Peebles, 36, of submitting a fraudulent claim to Sentry Insurance Company stating that she was driving her Toyota Sequoia SUV with a passenger when the car was involved in a crash. In fact, Peebles was not in the car during the May 29, 2023, crash.