Insurance Fraud Probe Expands to Farmland Area

Eight more people face felony charges of arson or insurance fraud stemming from the investigation of an arson-for-insurance scheme allegedly orchestrated by convicted felon Kenneth Allen and his associates.

One of the latest in a growing number of co-defendants, Brett Daniel Weatherly, 36, of Farmland, allegedly brought a new twist to the scheme by flooding his home after the January 2005 ice storm and then collecting benefits with the help of a private insurance adjuster, Douglas Haynes.