Longtime Corrine Brown Chief Of Staff Begins Federal Prison Sentence

Former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown's longtime chief of staff has begun a four-year federal prison sentence in Maryland. 

Elias "Ronnie" Simmons, 52, arrived Monday as scheduled at a medium-security federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland. 

Once a powerful Democrat, Brown was found guilty last year of taking money from a charity that purported to award scholarships to poor students.

Testimony from Simmons and the charity's president, Carla Wiley, led to a conviction. Both pleaded guilty after their federal indictments for misusing the charity's funds.

Brown, 71, received a five-year prison sentence. 

Wiley received a one-year, nine-month sentence followed by three years of probation. Both women have been ordered to report for prison Jan. 29.


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