Scott Brown's half brother gets 1 year sentence

[Judi Lynn]

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]

1. I have the feeling if I did this I would get more than a year in jail.

[951-Riverside]

2. People who impersonate police officers should get a min of 10 years (No credit for time served)

[TexasTowelie]

3. He should also have to wear the vest with the police insignia on it while he is prison.

The implications of that statement should scare anybody who is so foolish.

[montanacowboy]

4. Mittens pulled this stunt

several times and never did any time

[No Vested Interest]

5. This is really not newsworthy. No one needs to be associated,

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.