HOLBROOK – On June 15, Brian Brooks traded his blue long-sleeved dress shirt, tie and slacks for an orange jumpsuit at the Navajo County Jail.
The former Linden Fire Chief will serve up to six months in prison as part of a three-year suspended sentence handed down to him by Judge Dale Nielson.
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