Monday, July 4, 2016

A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer has been indicted on six felony charges related to insurance fraud, arson




Jeff Lynn Harper (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

By MAX MICHOR
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL


A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer has been indicted on six felony charges related to insurance fraud, the attorney general’s office said.

Officer Jeff Lynn Harper, 36, was indicted on charges of theft, third-degree arson, insurance fraud and burning property with the intent to defraud an insurer. The charges stem from a January recreational vehicle fire.

Investigators determined that Harper set the fire himself. He is to be arraigned July 21, before the 8th Judicial District Court.