Voters in Monroe County, Mich., elected a convict who will start his term behind bars
Story by M.L. Elrick, USA TODAY NETWORK • 1h
Newly elected County Commissioner Mark Brant says he's eager to serve his constituents in Monroe County, Michigan — but first he has to serve time.
Brant is scheduled to report to federal prison in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Friday, making this a Thanksgiving he'll always remember — even if he'd rather forget. Brant was sentenced to 18 months in Club Fed, fined $500,000 and agreed to give up the more than 300 grand the feds found in his Monroe home after he pleaded guilty to what Uncle Sam calls "maintaining a drug-involved premises."
While that may sound like the longtime Republican politician was operating a crack house or opium den on the Michigan-Ohio border, it's not that dramatic. Brant copped to leasing land to some dudes who grew marijuana they sold in Ohio, in violation of federal law.
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