Ed Brown's new wish list: Legos and Sippy cups

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Monitor staff
February 13. 2007 11:35AM

After a story in Saturday's Monitor described the wish list for weapons, paralegals, cash and earplugs on Ed Brown's MySpace page, the Plainfield man made some alterations.

Included in a new "Super Extreme Items" section are requests for Legos, Barbies, Cabbage Patch dolls, "Pink Ballerina tutus" and Sippy cups.

Brown has been convicted of conspiring with his wife to evade nearly a decade of her federal income taxes and of disguising large financial transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements. Midway through the trial, Brown fled to his fortified Plainfield home, where he says he anticipates an armed standoff with federal officials if they attempt to arrest him.

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