The Brutnells- Last Christmas before JAIL

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I sure hope justice gets served.

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"I will be out of the office today attending my embezzling felon wifes sentencing hearing, please contact JV if you need assistance"

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A former St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office finance director was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the agency.

Raye Brutnell was ordered to serve that prison sentence followed by 10 years’ probation after she pleaded guilty in May to two counts of grand theft, one count of executing a scheme to defraud a financial institution and one count of criminal use of personal identification information.

As part of her sentence, a judge ordered Brutnell to repay roughly $783,000 to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, its benevolence fund and the Florida Sheriff’s Risk Management Fund. Until her sentence is completed, she is barred from holding a job with a fiduciary duty.


Brutnell did not speak during Tuesday’s sentencing hearing. She was led away by bailiffs after the judge handed down her sentence.

Under the terms of her plea agreement, Brutnell could have gotten a more lenient sentence had she paid back some of the restitution amount by Tuesday’s hearing. Because none of the money was repaid, she received the maximum recommended sentence.

The Sheriff’s Office’s finance director since 2013, Brutnell was fired in the wake of her 2018 arrest on a warrant charging her with embezzling more than $700,000 from the agency over a five-year span.

Brutnell, who had been employed by the Sheriff’s Office since 1991, became the subject of an investigation in November 2018 after two of her colleagues came forward with suspicions about the agency’s spending.

They found 63 checks totaling $673,422 were issued to bogus vendors over a five-year span. Investigators determined Brutnell used relatives’ names to create bank accounts for fake vendors, forged signatures on checks and deposited the checks into her own account.


Brutnell, who was making nearly $100,000 at the time of her arrest, told investigators the thefts were fueled by financial strain, according to charging documents. Some of the money paid for her father’s stay in a nursing home, while some went to her car and mortgage payments.

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A former St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office finance director was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the agency.

Raye Brutnell was ordered to serve that prison sentence followed by 10 years’ probation after she pleaded guilty in May to two counts of grand theft, one count of executing a scheme to defraud a financial institution and one count of criminal use of personal identification information.

As part of her sentence, a judge ordered Brutnell to repay roughly $783,000 to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, its benevolence fund and the Florida Sheriff’s Risk Management Fund. Until her sentence is completed, she is barred from holding a job with a fiduciary duty.


Brutnell did not speak during Tuesday’s sentencing hearing. She was led away by bailiffs after the judge handed down her sentence.

Under the terms of her plea agreement, Brutnell could have gotten a more lenient sentence had she paid back some of the restitution amount by Tuesday’s hearing. Because none of the money was repaid, she received the maximum recommended sentence.

The Sheriff’s Office’s finance director since 2013, Brutnell was fired in the wake of her 2018 arrest on a warrant charging her with embezzling more than $700,000 from the agency over a five-year span.

Brutnell, who had been employed by the Sheriff’s Office since 1991, became the subject of an investigation in November 2018 after two of her colleagues came forward with suspicions about the agency’s spending.

They found 63 checks totaling $673,422 were issued to bogus vendors over a five-year span. Investigators determined Brutnell used relatives’ names to create bank accounts for fake vendors, forged signatures on checks and deposited the checks into her own account.


Brutnell, who was making nearly $100,000 at the time of her arrest, told investigators the thefts were fueled by financial strain, according to charging documents. Some of the money paid for her father’s stay in a nursing home, while some went to her car and mortgage payments.

Awesome, justice is served!!!

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https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/...at-sentencing/

Play the video showing SAC Brutnell on camera with a convicted felon. At least I/A could charge him with embarrassment to the agency?

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https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/...at-sentencing/

Play the video showing SAC Brutnell on camera with a convicted felon. At least I/A could charge him with embarrassment to the agency?

FDLE is an embarrassment, but what's new?

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So I guess now it is ok for LEOs to have relationships with convicted felon? Askong for a friend. Does this mean good ole Mark will have to put money in her canteen account or will the Mrs. be able to scam her money in prison..

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Mark is a sworn LEO and a member of FDLE. His felon wife stole from tax payers of St Johns County. How is it that she and HE could not pay back ANY of the funds to lighten her sentence? Damn Command Staff, he is living in a high rise in Tampa and reaped the benefits of his wifes theft. Why is this ok?

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Mark is a sworn LEO and a member of FDLE. His felon wife stole from tax payers of St Johns County. How is it that she and HE could not pay back ANY of the funds to lighten her sentence? Damn Command Staff, he is living in a high rise in Tampa and reaped the benefits of his wifes theft. Why is this ok?

EXACTLY! He needs to be polygraphed and show he knew what she was doing! How could he NOT know??? Seriously?

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Of INMATE NUMBER K21224.....

http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSe...&TypeSearch=AI

Nice booking / DOC Inmate photo!