Mercer County man pleads guilty to sex offender registry violation
Floyd Bennett Jr a 49 year old Mercer County man with prior murder and first degree sexual assault convictions pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of failing to register as a sex offender He registered Aug 14 after prison release and moved to Matoaka but did not report his new address within 10 days The plea came before Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope Bennett previously faced murder and wounding charges and has an extensive criminal history including a 1984 sexual assault conviction and a life sentence later reversed The case also references a 2002 murder conviction later plea bargained to 15 years and home confinement with strict conditions Several related details about sentencing and confinement were noted by prosecutors and local officials.
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Mercer County
Floyd Bennett Jr
Matoaka
Cpl
J.C. Long
West Virginia
Princeton
Bennett
Circuit Court
Derek Swope
Barry Miller
Arista Mountain
Swope
West Virginia Supreme Court
Scott Ash
Miller
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
John McGinnis
McGinnis
Competency hearing set in Bluefield bank robbery case
Nathaniel Showalter 19 sought a competency evaluation after confessing to the June 23 armed bank robbery in downtown Bluefield. A Mercer County judge granted the request on his unrelated drug charges, with no further hearings until the evaluation is complete. Showalter remains jailed at Southern Regional Jail.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Nathaniel Showalter
First Community Bank
K.L. Adams
John McGinnis
McGinnis
Showalter
Southern
Beaver
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Republicans seek year end plan on funding and immigration
House Republicans strive to form a year end plan to avoid a government shutdown while challenging President Obama's immigration actions. A separate bipartisan tax breaks bill faces approval with a $44 billion five to ten year deficit impact.
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Barack Obama
White House
Obama
GOP
John Boehner
Ohio
Jeh C. Johnson
Department of Homeland Security
House Committee
Senate
Boehner
Jim Jordan
Congress
Iraq
Pentagon
Harry Reid
Energy Department
Reid
Ted Yoho
R-Fla
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