Mewbourn et al. indictment - Colorado Attorney General

After the Budget truck and Volvo were loaded with belongings, Mewbourn, Gillispie,the cones.Gillispie that the speakers were worth $12,000 and that he had damaged them by poking holes inrental truck, asking if he could store the speakers in Gillispie’s storage unit. Mewbourn later told16belongings. Sellers was driving the Budget truck, Mewbourn was driving the Volvo, andGillispie was driving a 2002 Saturn that she had recently purchased and financed. The threeparties stopped prior to reaching the storage unit. Mewbourn then drained brake fluid from theBudget truck with Seller’s assistance and the three returned to their vehicles and staged a threedriven by Sellers. The accident occurred when Gillispie stopped at a stop sign in her Saturn withand Sellers drove to a location near the storage unit in which Gillispie was planning to store hercar accident involving Gillispie’s Saturn, the Volvo driven by Mewbourn, and the Budget truckaccident. Gillispie and Sellers remained on scene while a Wheat Ridge Police OfficerAfter the collision, Mewbourn was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where he wasMewbourn behind her driving the Volvo. As Gillispie accelerated into the intersection atMewbourn’s instruction, Sellers drove the Budget truck into the rear of the Volvo, causing it tocollide with the Saturn. All three vehicles were damaged.Failure to Comply with Compulsory Insurance. The Saturn and Budget truck were left on scenein a nearby parking lot.parties. Damages claimed were for property damage to the Volvo owned by Mewbourn’s wife into the Saturn by repeatedly reversing it into a wall such that the body of the vehicle rubbedtreated for a pre-existing herniated belly-button that he claimed was the result of the three-carinvestigated the collision, had the Volvo towed, and cited Sellers for Careless Driving andAfter the collision, Sellers and Gillispie returned to the scene and caused further damageagainst its rear tire.Mewbourn and Gillispie submitted damage claims to Budget and to State Farm, theinsurance provider for the Volvo being driven by Mewbourn, for the damages incurred by theamount of approximately $5,000, medical bills and future surgical costs associated withMewbourn’s pre-existing herniated bellybutton in an amount of approximately $ 7,800, the costproperty damage associated with personal property belonging to Gillispie and Mewbourn thatinvestigation that occurred immediately following the collision and the insurance companyinvestigations, Gillispie, Mewbourn, and Sellers provided statements designed to convinceinvestigators that the collision was accidental.January 13, 2011. On at least one occasion, Mewbourn and Gillispie accompanied Sellers tosignificant mechanical experience and that he agreed with Sellers that the cause of the collisionDriving charge and allowed Sellers to plead guilty to a less significant offense.of rental vehicles for Mewbourn’s wife and Gillispie, and a heretofore unknown amount ofan estimated amount exceeding $ 8,000, property damage to Gillispie’s Saturn in an estimatedwas alleged to have been damaged in the collision. Through the course of the accidentAs the result of the traftic citations related to the collision, Sellers appeared in Wheatthe case. Through discussions with the prosecuting attorney, Mewbourn told her that he hadRidge Municipal Court on approximately four occasions between the date of the collision andcourt, at which time Mewbourn represented himself to the prosecuting attorney as the victim inwas the failure of the Budget truck’s brakes. Based upon the statements by Mewbourn andSellers and a review of the accident report, the prosecutor dismissed the original Carelessdescribed and set forth in count Thirteen. Some of Gillispie’s belongings were loaded by theparties into the Volvo. Mewbourn loaded two large speakers that he owned into the Budget