Ex-colonel sentenced in paternity case

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Former Col. Scott M. Carlson is led to a police van in Carlisle, Pa., on Dec. 30 after being sentenced to four to 23 months in county prison for trying to fake a paternity test.


Ex-colonel sentenced in paternity case
By Brendan McGarry - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jan 5, 2009 18:37:22 EST

CARLISLE, Pa. — A former Army colonel who was convicted of arranging for a classmate at the Army War College to take a paternity test in his place was sentenced Dec. 30 to serve a minimum of four months in jail.

Scott M. Carlson, 53, a top Army petroleum operations officer who retired just weeks before his conviction, was sentenced in Cumberland County Court to serve four to 23 months and pay a $500 fine. The sentencing was based on two felony conspiracy convictions for tampering with public records or information and attempted theft by deception.

When Judge Edgar B. Bayley asked if he wished to say anything before the sentencing, Carlson, dressed in a dark gray suit, only said, “I respectfully decline, your honor.”

After the judge read his sentence, Carlson was handcuffed and led into a holding cell in the courthouse. He was later escorted out of the building and into a police van. He declined requests for comment from reporters gathered outside.

Carlson’s attorney, Dennis E. Boyle, said he intends to appeal the sentence. Carlson’s bail was set at $75,000. Cumberland County Prison officials said Carlson was in custody until Friday, when he was released on bail.


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