Written by CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday on all counts of plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at their fort-like home in rural New Hampshire.
The Browns, in their 60s, face a mandatory minimum 30-year prison sentence on one charge alone.
The couple held hands and looked straight ahead as the verdict was read. They refused to stand when the jury and judge left the courtroom. Defense lawyers declined to comment.
The prosecution denounced the Browns’ behavior behind their crimes.
“By rejecting the rule of the law and substituting a personal code involving weapons, explosives and threats, the defendants committed increasingly serious crimes,” acting U.S. Attorney Michael Gunnison said. “Their conduct has no place in a civil society.”
The Browns are scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 3.
