Jenni Fischer Milwaukee hit and run driver, leaves Lyft driver, Abood Zanoun in coma after crashing into him only to then allege in fraudulent insurance claim that she was a victim of hit and run.
A Wisconsin woman is facing felony charges after causing a hit and run crash, leaving a Lyft driver in a coma before going on to file a false police report claiming ‘her’ vehicle was struck by a hit and run driver.
Jenni Fischer, 24, of Milwaukee, was arrested on December 10 and charged with hit-and-run involving great bodily harm and making a fraudulent insurance claim, WITI reported.
A criminal complaint in the Lyft driver’s crash stated Milwaukee Police responding to a crash scene just after 8:30 p.m. on December 1. The Lyft driver, Abood Zanoun, a 26-year-old man was described as ‘not conscious but breathing’ and having ‘severe trauma’ to his head after having been struck by a vehicle while assisting a passenger unload their luggage.
Lyft driver left in coma after being struck by Milwaukee hit and run driver
The victim was transported to a hospital, where he underwent two surgeries and was ‘in a coma, with his condition worsening,’ according to December 10 court documents.
Police said the side door of his white Nissan Sentra was ‘mangled and crushed backwards,’ as if it had been sideswiped. Evidence from the suspect vehicle was found at the scene — including surveillance video which showed a white or gray SUV speeding without its head lights on before hitting the app car driver according to CBS58.
After determining that vehicle was a Jeep Compass, investigators set about looking for insurance claims on such a vehicle — and found one made December 3, two days after the crash, on a Jeep Compas with a vehicle identification number that investigators traced back to Fischer.
Police checked department records for that report, which was filed using the Citizen Online Reporting site. The site allows citizens to report certain crimes – like burglary, theft or vandalism of less than $2,500 – but does not allow for the reporting of motor vehicle collisions.
Milwaukee hit and run driver files fraudulent insurance claim alleging she is victim
According to the complaint, Fischer wrote that she left work on December 1 and found her SUV damaged in the parking lot. The report provided Fischer’s home address, and subsequently led to surveillance video showing her Jeep pulling into her building’s parking structure, with its running lights on, and parking shortly after the real hit-and-run crash.
A woman in a green coat, later identified by her parents as Fischer, is seen ‘having difficulty’ walking up a flight of stairs, bouncing between the walls and dropping her keys before catching an elevator in the lobby.
The following morning, just over two hours before the false police report was filed electronically, surveillance footage showed Fischer getting back into her Jeep in the parking deck with no difficulties.
Police spoke with Fischer’s mother on December 6, and she told them the story about the hit-and-run in her daughter’s work parking lot. She also took police to a barn where Fischer’s SUV was parked — where investigators came across damage consistent with the crash and white paint from the Lyft driver’s vehicle.
Suspect’s own mother demands that insurance claim be cancelled
Police spoke with Fischer’s mother on December 6, and she told them the story about the hit-and-run in her daughter’s work parking lot. She also took police to a barn where Fischer’s SUV was parked — where investigators came across damage consistent with the crash and white paint from the Lyft driver’s vehicle.
They showed Fischer’s mother the video of the December 1 crash, with the mother told them to cancel the car insurance claim her daughter made since ‘it was not true.’
Fischer was arrested the next day at her parents’ home.
The 24-year-old made an initial court appearance on December 11 and was given a $20,000 cash bond. She’s due in court again on Wednesday.
The hit and run victim continues to remain in a coma.
