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Case Study: Alaskan Bush People

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Billy Brown and his son Joshua Brown from the reality show “Alaskan Bush People” received their sentence in the case where he lied and stole money from the state of Alaska. According to Radar Online, Jan 12, 2016, Judge Phillip Pallenberg sentenced them to 30 days in jail. Billy Brown and his son Joshua “Bam Bam” Brown pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of second-degree unsworn falsification as part of their plea deal. Along with the jail time, Billy must pay $7,956 back to the state of Alaska and pay a $10,000 fine. Joshua’s fine was less with $1,174 to repay the state of Alaska and pay a fine of $2,000. Billy and Joshua have 40 hours of community service to complete, separate of their reality show. Because they defrauded the state of Alaska, they can never receive or apply for any more money from the state. …show more content…

According to the ?? Judge Pallenberg provided a couple choices for the father and son. They can go to a halfway house or be equipped with an electronic monitoring device. The final decision of which method they will have to do will be decided by the Alaska’s Department of Corrections. Although the other members of the Brown family were also charged with stealing and falsifying Alaskan residency documents, the charges against them were dropped in the plea deal. If they had gone ahead and charged the entire family, Billy’s wife Amora and four of their seven kids were facing 60 counts of first-degree unsworn falsification and first- and second-degree theft. However, they still have to pay back the money they received from the state of

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