For those of you who, like me, have been following this story sporadically over the past several months, I see it finally ended a few weeks ago -- quietly and well.
[October 10, 2007] CONCORD, N.H. --After 10 months of self-imposed exile at his castle-like home, authorities Wednesday delivered convicted New Hampshire tax evader Ed Brown to his new home -- a federal prison in Ohio.
Stephen Monier, U.S. Marshal for New Hampshire, said Brown arrived late morning at the low security Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio. His wife, Elaine Brown, arrived at minimum security federal prison in Danbury, Conn., earlier this week.
Both were sentenced to 63-month prison terms in April, following their conviction in January of scheming to avoid federal income taxes by hiding $1.9 million of income between 1996 and 2003. But the couple -- who believe the federal income tax is not legitimate -- had eluded arrest for months, refusing to leave their hill-top home located on 110 acres in rural Plainfield. They were finally arrested last week, taken into custody by officers posing as visiting supporters.
No muss, no fuss, no guns blazing, no Ruby Ridge or Waco, and no glorious battle with the "Zionist Freemasons." The WaPo has more details, here. They took their good old time, but the feds got it done right this time. Kudos.
