No restitution was paid before the sentencing of ex-sheriff’s finance director

No restitution was paid before the sentencing of ex-sheriff’s finance director

Despite a civil money judgment against her for more than $680,000 awarded on March 24, 2020, as well as a late confession of guilt to a series of fraudulent, criminal activities, including theft and embezzlement of county taxpayer money, Raye Annette Brutnell made a rare appearance in court before Judge R. Lee Smith this week.  This time, the mother and paternal caretaker was sentenced to serve more than 7-years in a Florida prison as punishment for her crimes and was led out of the courtroom by the bailiffs.