WOODBURY -- A Woodbury man was charged with insurance fraud and falsifying records after he claimed he slipped and fell in a Walmart, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

Thomas J. Campbell, 40, claimed he fell in the Deptford Walmart, but an investigation by the prosecutor's office and the National Insurance Crime Bureau determined that he walked through a puddle in the store three times and then staged his fall the fourth time.

In an interview with investigators on Wednesday, the unemployed Campbell admitted that he faked the incident because he no longer had health insurance for treatment of a pre-existing back injury, authorities said.

Insurance fraud is a third-degree crime, while falsifying records is a fourth-degree crime.

Campbell was processed and released pending an October court appearance.

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