Brownwood News – A former longtime employee of Citizens National Bank of Brownwood was sentenced to Federal Prison on October 4, 2019.

According to a five-page judgement obtained by Brownwoodnews.com, from the U.S. District Court in San Angelo, Dawn Janae Bennett entered a plea of guilty on March 20, 2019 of Engaging in a Monetary Transaction with Property Derived from a Specified Unlawful Activity.    The offense ended July 12, 2018, the document states.

Bennett was committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to be imprisoned for a term of Fifty-One (51) months.  The Court recommended to the Bureau of Prisons that Bennett be housed at FCI in Bryan, Texas, if possible.  Bennett was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal, according to the judgement.  Upon release from imprisonment, Bennett shall be placed on supervised release for a term of Three (3) years as to the indictment filed on March 20, 2019.

According to the judgement, Bennett is also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,859,915.00 to ABA Insurance Services ($1,834,915.00) and Citizens National Bank of Brownwood ($25,000).

Bennett was originally arrested on Monday, September 10, 2018 and charged with Theft of Property >= $300,000.  Bank officials believe Bennett may have stolen more than $2 million dollars from the bank over the course of several years and used the money to gamble in Oklahoma casinos.

You can read our original story from last year at this link.

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