Authorities say a Pennsylvania man known as an insurance coverage company from a crash scene to purchase auto coverage and later claimed his wreck happened after he got the policy.
The Altoona Mirror reports that the insurance fraud charges filed this week against 33-year-old Michael Traveny stem from an Aug. 21 crash in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.
State prosecutors say Traveny didn’t have insurance coverage when he crashed that evening so he known as Secure Auto Insurance from the scene and bought coverage with out mentioning the wreck.
Prosecutors say Traveny filed a $ 3,900 claim the subsequent day claiming the crash happened soon after the policy took impact.
On the web court records do not list an attorney for Traveny. He faces a preliminary hearing March 17.
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Authorities say a Pennsylvania man called an insurance coverage business from a crash scene to buy auto coverage and later claimed his wreck happened right after he got the policy.
The Altoona Mirror reports that the insurance coverage fraud charges filed this week against 33-year-old Michael Traveny stem from an Aug. 21 crash in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.
State prosecutors say Traveny didn’t have insurance when he crashed that evening so he named Protected Auto Insurance from the scene and purchased coverage without mentioning the wreck.
Prosecutors say Traveny filed a $ 3,900 claim the next day claiming the crash happened after the policy took effect.
On the web court records do not list an attorney for Traveny. He faces a preliminary hearing March 17.
Copyright 2015 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Authorities say a Pennsylvania man called an insurance organization from a crash scene to buy auto coverage and later claimed his wreck happened following he got the policy.
The Altoona Mirror reports that the insurance coverage fraud charges filed this week against 33-year-old Michael Traveny stem from an Aug. 21 crash in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.
State prosecutors say Traveny didn’t have insurance when he crashed that night so he called Protected Auto Insurance from the scene and purchased coverage without mentioning the wreck.
Prosecutors say Traveny filed a $ 3,900 claim the next day claiming the crash occurred after the policy took impact.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Traveny. He faces a preliminary hearing March 17.
Copyright 2015 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Proper as we’ve lost all faith in our leaders, the people operating Somerset, Kentucky, have proved that government can actually do some thing excellent for the folks it represents. In 2 words, here’s what they have accomplished: Inexpensive gas!
Somerset, situated about 130 miles southeast of Louisville, refurbished a shuttered municipal gas station and opened it to the public last Saturday. Following complaints from some of the city’s 11,000 residents about unfairly higher gas rates in the course of the summer, Mayor Ed Girdler decided to run his own station. City officials told the Related Press that gas stations in surrounding regions have usually been charging 20 to 30 cents much less per gallon and that a city-run gas station would bring far more individuals to Somerset, which draws vacationers heading to Lake Cumberland. Nearly immediately right after the Somerset Fuel Center opened with a $ 3.36-per-gallon cost, the key private gas stations a half-mile away reduce rates by about 10 cents to try to match it.
The 10 pumps—all regular grade, plus a single for compressed natural gas—are owned and operated by Somerset and the prices set by the mayor’s workplace. To keep charges low, the fuel comes from a nearby refinery, there’s no candy for sale and no bathrooms, and the 10 attendants (to deal with money) are city personnel on rotation from other departments. The city spent $ 75,000 to upgrade the pumps and set up credit-card machines, and that is it.
“We’re not placing anybody out of enterprise, we’re just attempting to lower costs,” station manager Melody Price tag told us. “Everyone out here is content.”
But although drivers adore it to the tune of 300 fill-ups per day, nearby gas station owners and petroleum groups are grumbling over the city’s power play, even crying “socialism.” Girdler says he does not care to make a profit and is charging only adequate to cover fees. But there’s no telling how low cost it’ll stay. As opposed to practically every other state, Kentucky’s gasoline excise tax varies with the average wholesale expense of fuel. Just this month, the tax shot up from 28.7 cents per gallon to 31.1 cents and probably will change again during the fall.
Though a single tiny station in Kentucky is not exactly fodder for a Venezuelan-style government gas monopoly, it does raise questions about how—or if—municipalities can compete in private spaces. Count on the subsequent Somerset city-hall meeting to be packed.
