Cases of Note

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., - Four people have pleaded no-contest to felony insurance fraud and assault charges for their role in staging a collision targeting a rideshare driver. Fifth individual, alleged co-conspirator, Deshawn Perater-Nickson, 26, of Adelanto, faces additional charges of false imprisonment, pimping, and pandering and is due in court January 26, 2026. Ledontae Pope, 30, of San Bernardino, and Kalil Davis, 27, of Hesperia, were arrested on January 24, 2025 for insurance fraud and assault with a deadly weapon related to a staged collision involving a rideshare vehicle. Investigators from the Inland Empire Automobile Insurance Fraud Task Force (IEAIFTF) found on November 23, 2024 a collision involving Pope, Davis, John Murillo, 37, of San Bernardino, occurred on the I-215 in San Bernardino. The suspects ordered a rideshare and during that ride, a separate vehicle driven by Murillo, intentionally collided with the rideshare vehicle driven by the victim. Perater-Nickson was t...