KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — New details are out on a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who is being charged with insurance fraud in Georgia this month.
Documents obtained by FOX 17 say Public Safety Officer Catrice Lockett along with fiancee Brian Lee had filed a report claiming their truck was stolen at Sweetwater Creek State Park, located east of Atlanta. The couple then filed an insurance claim, hoping to net tens of thousands of dollars as the insurance company was considering the truck a total loss.
Investigating the claim, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office determined the report was filed outside of the state and that the truck never left the couple’s possession. Both Lockett and Lee are now facing charges for allegedly filing a false police report, committing insurance fraud and conspiring to commit a felony.
Lockett is currently on leave from the department while investigations proceed.
Before joining KDPS in 2016, Lockett worked for the Grand Valley State University Department of Public Safety and the Muskegon Heights Police Department.
