A Los Angeles County Fire Department captain has been charged with submitting a fraudulent long-term disability insurance claim for an injury prosecutors say could not have happened because he was not on duty at the time, the county district attorney’s office announced Friday.

Thomas Merryman, 44, allegedly defrauded Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company of more than $25,000 by submitting forged documents, including a falsified physician’s note and altered paperwork from another fire captain.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Merryman faces one felony count each of insurance fraud and false personation, as well as two felony counts of forgery.

The complaint was filed for a warrant on Aug. 8, and his arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 9 at the Clara Sho

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