The indictments allege that Mr. Brave committed eight felony offenses. Mr. Brave is charged with one count of Theft by Deception (a class A felony) for stealing over $1,500.00 in Strafford County funds for credit-card reimbursements through deception; two counts of Falsifying Physical Evidence (both class B felonies) – one for submitting false reimbursement justifications, and one for altering a document submitted for reimbursement; and five counts of Perjury (all class B felonies) for lying in his testimony before the Strafford County Grand Jury during the course of the investigation.
Former Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave has been indicted by a grand jury after being charged and arrested by a criminal complaint earlier this year.