A mother and daughter duo from California have talked themselvesinto the center of a fraud investigation and now face charges inconnection with a car fire.

Henrietta Brice, 53, was pulled over on December 29, 2009 whiledriving her 2004 Buick Rendezvous. According to the deputy thatstopped her, Brice essentially let him know that he wouldn't catchher driving that car anymore because she was going to call herinsurance company to get herself a new car.

As it turns out, she made good on that statement. Brice was onthe phone with her insurance company, Unitrin Direct, on December31 because her car had been found abandoned and burning in a fieldthe day before.

Brice told the insurance company that her car had been stolenand set on fire, but it didn't take much investigative savvy tofigure out that those claims were false. As if the revealingrendezvous with the deputy wasn't proof enough of her guilt,Brice's gabby tendencies continued to be a real gift toinvestigators.

Her statements about the date and time that she last drove hervehicle conflicted with the time the vehicle was found to haveburned. She added more to her story, claiming that she had a flattire the night before her vehicle was abandoned, but her cell phonewas dead, so she was unable to call for assistance.

Henrietta's story fell as flat as that tire allegedly did whenher daughter's statements were taken. Larissa Brice, 24, toldpolice that her mother called her to discuss rides to the locationwhere the car was abandoned. While that statement was notsubstantiated by a check of phone records, it proved that there wasa plan in place, and that the daughter was aware of, if notinvolved in, the fraud.

Both mother and daughter were arraigned on January 12, 2011, inSan Joaquin County Superior Court. Larissa was booked on two countsof insurance fraud and faces fines of up to $100,000, and fiveyears in prison. Not to be outdone by her daughter, Henriettaracked up four felony counts, including two counts of insurancefraud, one count of arson, and one count of grand theft. She couldbe fined up to $200,000, and sentenced five years in prison, whichmight finally shut her up.