Article: Brown supporter faces steep sentence ; Could be 10 years; judge decides today

A former college student and Army enlistee may face more than 10 years in prison for helping fugitives Ed and Elaine Brown escape justice during the couple's prolonged standoff with federal agents.

A pre-sentencing memorandum prepared by probation officers has recommended a sentence ranging from nine years, nine months to 10 years, 11 months for Jason Gerhard, 22, of Brookhaven, N.Y., according court documents. Prosecutors in the case are seeking a significantly longer sentence. Gerhard's lawyers have asked the judge for a sentence of seven years in prison.

Gerhard will be sentenced today, as will Robert Wolffe of Randolph, Vt., a co-defendant who cooperated with prosecutors and testified at ...