Leroy Konkle

WARSAW — A Warsaw man was arrested for collecting unemployment compensation benefits totaling $31,451 that he was not eligible for.

Leroy E. Konkle, 3750 Lake City Highway, Warsaw, is being charged with one count of welfare fraud, a class C felony.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Nov. 9, 2008, Konkle applied for unemployment compensation benefits in Warsaw after being laid off from a job. He began receiving benefits of $390 a week, beginning Nov. 22, 2008. He continued to file for and receive weekly benefits through the week ending Dec. 28, 2013.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, in order to receive the benefits, Konkle was required to submit vouchers to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development on a weekly basis that certified he was unemployed and received no earnings during the weeks he claimed benefits.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on March 26, 2015, an investigator with the DWD found that Konkle had received weekly earnings from Eagle Transport Group LLC. and Foodliner Inc. during the time he had been collecting unemployment benefits. Konkle did not report his employment and earnings from his employers to the DWD. He falsely informed the Indiana DWD that he was unemployed from Nov. 6, 2010, through Dec. 28, 2013.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, in total, Konkle received an overpayment of $31,451 in unemployment compensation.

Konkle was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on Feb. 6, on a bond of $10,250 surety and cash.