LA County fire captain charged with insurance fraud

A man who worked as a Los Angeles County Fire Department captain was charged on Friday with insurance fraud and other counts for allegedly fraudulently claiming long-term disability insurance.

Thomas Merryman — who is believed to currently reside in Georgetown, Texas — is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 9 on one felony count each of insurance fraud and false personation and two felony counts of forgery, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Merryman, 44...