PROSSER — A Prosser business manager won’t have to serve jail time for an insurance fraud attempt after a tanker truck tipped in a Benton City roundabout and spilled thousands of gallons of wine.
Matthew A. Loges, 45, pleaded guilty in September to a felony charge of false insurance claim over $1,500 in Benton County Superior Court and was sentenced Wednesday.
Judge Jackie Shea-Brown sentenced Loges to five days partial confinement to be converted to 40 hours of community service. A second charge of first-degree theft was dropped as part of his plea agreement.
His co-defendant Allyssa L. Dunn, 31, is still awaiting trial on the same charges.
The Loges Farm semi was carrying 6,000 gallons of wine when it tipped over in the roundabout in August 2023. The driver was headed west on Interstate 82 when he began going through the intersection that connects with First Street and Highway 224.
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