Northwest Indiana repair shop owner charged with felony for $40K in bogus fire truck repairs: Indiana State Police

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (WGN) — The owner of a northwest Indiana vehicle repair shop is facing a felony charge after he allegedly charged a fire department more than $40,000 for unneeded repairs on a fire truck that he never completed.

According to Indiana State Police, it all started in March of 2024, when members of the Merrillville Fire Department (MFD) took a firetruck to Hoosier Diesel repair shop, located in the 9000 block of Louisiana Street, for preventative maintenance.

Authorities said after the shop received the truck, however, the owner, David Matthew Shepard-Hambrick, allegedly told the MFD that the truck required

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