Scott Brown's half brother gets 1 year sentence
Source: Associated Press
Scott Brown's half brother gets 1 year sentence
| May 19, 2014 | Updated: May 19, 2014 3:24pm
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's half brother was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for pretending to be a Coast Guard officer as he stopped boaters off the Connecticut coast, prosecutors said.
Bruce Brown, 47, of Wolcott, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Bridgeport. He pleaded guilty in February to impersonating a law enforcement officer and falsifying a military discharge certificate.
Authorities say Brown stopped boaters last August in Old Lyme. Prosecutors say Brown had in his car a bulletproof/tactical vest with police insignia and a Transportation Security Administration badge, handcuffs and a police tactical baton.
Scott Brown has said he was estranged from Bruce Brown, who has a different mother. The Republican lost the Massachusetts seat in 2012 and is running for Senate from New Hampshire.
Prosecutors said Bruce Brown should serve prison time, saying he had a history of similar conduct.
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iandhr
(6,852 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,250 posts)The implications of that statement should scare anybody who is so foolish.
montanacowboy
(6,093 posts)several times and never did any time
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)for ill or for good, with the actions of a half-brother or, or that matter, a brother.
In all likelihood, Scott Brown, whom I consider a very poor public servant, was not raised in the same household with Bruce Brown, in that they have different mothers, and most children of divorce remain mostly in the household of birth mothers.
Adults hold no responsibility for the actions of adult siblings, and should not be judged accordingly.