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Waverly Newspapers

by Anelia K. Dimitrova, editorcft@gmail.com

Published:
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A judge has ruled admissible statements a Grundy pastor made to law enforcement in connection with charges of third-degree sexual abuse and determined that, contrary to the defense lawyer’s assertions, the search warrant for Rev. Dennis Lee Brown’s home was properly issued.

Judge James Drew denied the defendant’s motion to suppress information obtained by two Waverly police officers during a July 7, 2007 interview with the pastor.

At a February hearing, Brown’s attorney, Kevin Engels, argued that Capt. Jason Leonard and Detective Troy Schneider used “knowingly false allegations” to elicit confession from his client.