New Yorker Charged For Fraudulent Property Claim

A Niagara Falls man was put in jail after he was charged with third degree insurance fraud. Police say Kevin A. Ashby, 40, was charged with the class D felony, along with third degree attempted grand larceny and first degree falsifying business records — class E felonies — after an insurance company contacted the New York State Police. Troopers say the insurance company came to them about a potentially fraudulent claim about a burglary he reported to the Niagara Falls Police Department.