Couple shoot each other for insurance money

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Lindsey Pelton, 36, and Doug Teixeira, 35, shot each other to stage fake robbery
(Image credit: Source: Volusia County sheriff’s dept.)

A Florida couple are facing multiple charges after faking a home break-in and shooting to collect insurance money. Police say Lindsey Pelton, 36, and Doug Teixeira, 35, falsely reported that two men broke into their home and shot Teixeira in the leg and Pelton in the arm before stealing $7,000 from a safe.

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