OFF BEAT: Woman persistent in insurance fraud attempt

If at first you don’t succeed at purposefully crashing your car into a tree in order to defraud your insurance company, it actually might be best that you not try, try again.

Deputies of the Effington County, Ga., Sheriff’s Department this week arrested 51-year-old Ruth Jackson of Guyton, Ga., on charges of arson and insurance fraud, according to a report by the Savannah Morning News.

Ms. Guyton allegedly drove her 2006 Chrysler 300 into not one, but two trees near her home in Guyton, then abandoned the car after it caught fire, according to the report.

Police are still searching for 36-year-old Tamika Smith and her 18-year-old son, Jamarcus, who are alleged to have conspired with Ms. Jackson to commit the fraud, the report said.