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Christopher Brandon Carnahan allegedly skydiving and working out while on Temporary Totally Disabled (TTD) status. \/ Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office <\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES – A veteran officer with the Los Angeles Police Department<\/a> is facing felony charges after allegedly collecting disability payments for an on-duty injury while simultaneously engaging in recreational skydiving and strenuous exercise.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Officer Christopher Brandon Carnahan, 43, of Norwalk,<\/a> was charged on Monday with two counts of felony insurance fraud.<\/p>\n According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office, Carnahan reported an injury to his left elbow on May 22, 2023, while on duty.\u00a0<\/p>\n As a result, he was placed on Temporary Totally Disabled (TTD) status, a designation intended to provide benefits to workers unable to perform any duties.<\/p>\n Christopher Brandon Carnahan allegedly skydiving and working out while on Temporary Totally Disabled (TTD) status. \/ Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office <\/p>\n But investigators allege that while receiving these benefits, Carnahan was far from sedentary.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prosecutors claim he completed numerous jumps at Skydive Elsinore in Lake Elsinore <\/a>and maintained a regular workout routine at a fitness center.\u00a0<\/p>\n Carnahan is currently being held on $100,000 bail.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n Carnahan’s arraignment date has not yet been decided.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “This case is about honesty and accountability,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman<\/a> said. “Claiming to be temporarily totally disabled and collecting disability benefits intended for injured workers while engaging in physically demanding activities like skydiving is a crime. This is an officer who knows the law and understands the standards he is sworn to uphold.”<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n As the legal process moves forward, the LAPD is expected to review Carnahan\u2019s employment status pending the outcome of the criminal trial.<\/p>\n Carnahan faces a maximum sentence of six years in state prison, to be served in county jail, if convicted on all counts.<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>LAPD<\/a>Los Angeles<\/a>Lake Elsinore<\/a>Norwalk<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Christopher Brandon Carnahan allegedly skydiving and working out while on Temporary Totally Disabled (TTD) status. \/ Los…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1184,2042,48,52,51,8751,5015,47,137,50,49,100,61343,1768,612,1181],"class_list":{"0":"post-198112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-headlines","12":"tag-la-news","13":"tag-lake-elsinore","14":"tag-lapd","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-county","17":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","18":"tag-los-angeles-news","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-norwalk","21":"tag-organization","22":"tag-riverside-county","23":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/brandon-carnahan-1.png\")
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