When five Los Angeles residents participated in a staged auto collision, they probably didn't plan on targeting two L.A. detectives.

According to the California Department of Insurance, Liliana Mazariegos, 30, Exau Gonzalez Yanez, 22, and Alex Diaz, 41, staged a collision on the 605 freeway. Their target was an unmarked newer vehicle which happened to be occupied by the two detectives from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. The detectives provided a detailed statement of the events surrounding the collision to the California Highway Patrol who then notified investigators from the L.A. County Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force to come to the scene.

The three were arrested for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, intentionally staging a motor vehicle collision for the purpose of committing insurance fraud, and assault with a deadly weapon for their reckless and dangerous use of a vehicle.

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