Police Officer Charged With Collecting Disability for Off-Duty Injury

An Elizabeth police officer has been charged with collecting thousands of dollars in benefits through insurance fraud, acting Union County Prosecutor Thomas K. Isenhour said. Alana Velazquez, 39, of Rahway, is charged with second-degree insurance fraud, third-degree theft by deception and three counts of fourth-degree uttering a forged document, the prosecutor said in a press release. Velazquez was injured on the job in January 2016. Her supplemental American Family Life Assurance Co. policy did not cover on-the-job injuries, and the prosecutor alleges she submitted documents containing...