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Oregon Prisoner Holds Counselor Hostage, Gets New 68-Month Sentence
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2011, page 25
On May 11, 2010, an Oregon state prisoner was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to an additional 68 months for holding a prison counselor hostage.John Anthony Brown, 42, was confined at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF), the Oregon Department of Corrections’ (ODOC) intake facility and women’s prison. While ...
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