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N.H.’s First Black Sheriff Charged With Embezzling $19,000

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2024 published in Prison Legal News January, 2024, page 26
Filed under: Crime, Police/Govt Misconduct. Location: New Hampshire.

On September 28, 2023, Sheriff Mark A. Brave of New Hampshire’s Strafford County was arraigned on charges he stole $19,000 in phony reimbursements for attending conferences he missed or which never occurred. He is also accused of perjury for lying about staying alone in hotel rooms he actually shared …

 

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