A copy of the report, obtained through a public records request, shows numerous people believe Brave offered incomplete and misleading accounts related to a December 2022 run-in with police.
The eight charges against Mark Brave carry a total maximum potential sentence of 64 years in prison and fines of up to $32,000. The court entered a not guilty plea on Brave’s behalf.
County officials said the situation had become “critical” and would have deteriorated rapidly if the sheriff of Strafford County, N.H., had stayed in office “even for a couple more days.”