Samantha Demetro, 36, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft by deception before Superior Court Judge William C. Meehan in Bergen County. She was indicted March 18, 2004.

Demetro was arrested in Florida last month, then transfered to Bergen County jail by law enforcement authorities in Florida.

Demetro admitted that between Nov. 22, 1998, and March 24, 1999, she and two others, Bobby Eley, 46, of Paterson, N.J., and Steven David Thompson, 27, of Elmwood Park, N.J., conspired to submit automobile insurance property damage and bodily injury insurance claims relating to nine phony/fictitious automobile accidents.

All nine purported automobile accidents allegedly occurred on the same Route 21 exit ramp located in Passaic, and all involved the same cars, namely a 1995 Ford Crown Victoria or a... // IFAwebnews.com