Multiple Individuals Convicted on Felony Charges for Orchestrating Auto-Fraud Collision Targeting Rideshare Driver

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.

Read the entire press release. California Department of Insurance, November 21, 2025