Fire official charged with filing false hit-and-run report, authorities say Updated May 05, 2021; A fire prevention official in Cape May County has been charged with filing a false police report over a crash involving a government-owned vehicle, officials said Tuesday. Daniel DeSimone, 45, an official with the Rio Grande Fire Prevention and Inspection Bureau in Middle Township, reported a hit and run crash Dec. 9 involving a 2019 Chevy Tahoe owned by the commission, according to prosecutors and police. DeSimone said the SUV had been struck while parked in a lot, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Middle Township Police Chief Christopher Leusner.