Agents with the State Bureau of Investigation and deputies with the Surry County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people Aug. 3 on insurance fraud charges related to several house fires.
 
Arrested were Mount Airy residents William Lendall Neely, 61, and Bonnie Harrell Neely, 64, of 154 Monroe Road, and Tabatha Atkins Cox, 43, of 287 Glass Road. 
 
Bonnie Neely was charge with nine counts of insurance fraud, 208 counts of obtaining property by false pretense, 223 counts of exploitation of the elderly, two counts of second degree arson and one count of burning certain buildings. Neely was placed in the Surry County Detention Center under a $100,000 secured bond.
 
William Neely was charged with two counts of insurance fraud and two counts of obtaining property by false pretense. He was given a $5,000 unsecured bond.
 
Cox was charged with eight counts of insurance fraud and four counts of obtaining property by false pretense. She was given a $5,000 unsecured bond.