California couple deliberately crashed for insurance: cops

A California couple who allegedly caused dozens of car crashes and posted their criminal escapades on YouTube has been charged with insurance fraud and assault with a deadly weapon.

Christopher Phelps and his wife, Kimberly, were arrested Wednesday after San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials discovered more than 160 YouTube dashcam videos they say showed road rage incidents and traffic collisions caused on purpose by the couple.

Investigators found at least 23 collisions allegedly documented by Phelps which were linked to at least 17 insurance claims, according to California Department of Insurance officials.

The Phelps’ were also slapped with child endangerment charges because some of the videos showed Christopher’s child in the vehicle during the allegedly intentional crashes and road rage incidents.

Investigators said Christopher Phelps posted the videos on a YouTube channel under the name “BLU3 GHO57.”

Sheriff’s investigators contacted the state Department of Insurance after they found Christopher Phelps was involved in a suspicious crash where he appeared to stop for no reason, causing a truck pulling a trailer to rear-end his car in the Yucaipa, Calif. area.

Christopher, 40, allegedly uploaded the video footage onto YouTube shortly after the incident, officials said.

He faces six felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and five counts of child endangerment.

He was previously arrested for similar charges for another collision in February.

Kimberly, also 40, is facing two counts of felony child endangerment and one count of felony insurance fraud.

Both were arrested on Wednesday and are being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Detectives believe there are more possible victims and urge them to call the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office.