Robert Wolffe
37 years in prison for Ed Brown, and not one drop of remorse
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Summary: In short, Ed Brown was found competent to participate in his sentencing and the judge sent him off to spend 444 months in federal prison. Not that it matters, but this prison term is in addition to the 63 months from the tax-related case. Even if he qualifies for the maximum time off for [...]
Domestic Goddess vs. Domestic Terrorist: the Sentencing of Elaine Brown
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Yesterday, “Elaine Alice: of the Family Brown, spelled in upper case and lower case letters†was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison. Keep in mind that that’s 35 years in addition to the 63-month sentence from the earlier, income tax-related charges. Even if she’s a model prisoner, and earns the maximum amount of “time [...]
Where are they now?
Saturday, July 4th, 2009A brief survey of Brown Supporters: Danny “Dogwalker†Riley: Danny was convicted on several criminal counts related to the Brown standoff last spring and was sentenced to 36 years in federal prison. He is currently housed at the medium security prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, and has a projected release date of 1/22/2039. Danny is [...]
Reno Gonzalez will be sentenced tomorrow
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Welcome back to the Red Crayons blog! I just returned tonight to the land of a thousand Dunkin Donuts shops and minimum speed limit signs – that’s right, New Hampshire. Lots of trees, lots of granite, lots of Freestate Flakes. Cirino “Reno” Gonzalez is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow morning at 10:00 and I’m in town [...]
Brown supporter Jason Gerhard sentenced to 20 years in federal prison
Friday, August 1st, 2008The first two Brown supporters were sentenced yesterday in the New Hampshire Federal District Court to lengthy sentences as a result of their involvement in the nine-month armed standoff involving Ed and Elaine Brown. Robert Wolffe As you may recall from prior blog posts covering the first round of criminal trials in detail, Bob Wolffe pled guilty and testified [...]
Day 10: Reno and the Closing Arguments
Friday, April 4th, 2008Kudos to the US Marshals who have been sitting and standing guard around the courtroom over the last two weeks. When you consider that the defendants are on trial for engaging in an armed standoff with Ed Brown, a man who swore to kill any US Marshal who tried to arrest him, they’ve shown remarkable restraint. [...]
Day 6: An Ed Brown supporter who woke up to the real world
Monday, March 31st, 2008When you first walk into the Federal courthouse in Concord, NH, there’s a giant, stainless steel statue of Lady Justice. While the description of the statue says that she is blindfolding herself, from the angle below as you enter the building, I would swear that she’s flossing her ears. Judging from the lack of public [...]
Why combat engineer training?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Last Monday, I posted the following when describing Jason’s lawyer’s opening argument: The second issue was Jason’s role at the Brown’s. According to the lawyer, he went there as a well-meaning college newspaper editor and then later became nothing but the Brown’s errand boy. He claimed that Jason left the house before scary Tannerite bombs [...]
Let the trial begin
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008The federal criminal trial begins tomorrow in Concord, NH for three Edward and Elaine Brown supporters, and it promises to be a dark carnival indeed. Based on motions and filings submitted by the Assistant US Attorneys prosecuting the case, we’re likely to see evidence of explosives, powerful firearms, numerous bombs, and a conspiracy to not [...]