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FATHER IS SERVING A 60-YEAR
SENTENCE IN MIAMI COUNTY FOR
RAPING HIS ADOPTIVE SONS...
AND SELLING ONE OF THEM FOR
SEX. TODAY, KENNETH BRANDT
WAS BACK IN COURT TO FACE
SIMILAR CHARGES. THIS TIME
... IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
NEW AT 5-30, ALEXA ASHWELL
IS LIVE WITH THE ADDITIONAL
TIME BRANDT NOW FACES.
BRANDT IS FACING 50 YEARS
TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR SIMILAR
CRIMES OFFICIALS SAY HE ALSO
COMMITTED IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY. THIS PENALTY COMES
AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT,
WHICH IS WHY BRANDT HASN'T
OFFICIALLY BEEN SENTENCED.
OFFICIALS SAY HE MUST FIRST
TESTIFY AGAINST ANOTHER MAN
FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT. TODAY,
IN COURT, BRANDT AGREED TO
THESE TERMS.
36:28 "THE STATE HAS AGREED
YOU'LL SERVE A SENTENCE OF 25
YEARS TO LIFE FOR COUNT 7 AND
A SPECIFICATION THERE TO AND
25 YEARS TO LIFE FOR COUNT 8."
:37 JUDGE HUFFMAN OUTLINES
THE 50 YEAR TO LIFE PRISON
TIME KENNETH BRANDT WILL SERVE
FOR RAPING HIS ADOPTIVE SON,
AS WELL AS HIS INVOLVEMENT IN
HELPING ANOTHER MAN DO THE
SAME. THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
JUDGE DROPPED THE FIVE OTHER
COUNTS AGAINST BRANDT UNDER
THE CONDITION HE TESTIFY
AGAINST PATRICK REIDER.
THE MAN INVESTIGATORS SAY
ANSWERED AN ONLINE AD PLACED
BY BRANDT ... OFFERING HIS SON
FOR SEX. 37:42 "HE WILL
TESTIFY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.: :45 IF
HE COMPLIES .. BRANDT'S
SENTENCE WILL BE SERVED
CONCURRENTLY TO HIS CURRENT
60-YEAR SENTENCE IN MIAMI
COUNTY. BRANDT SIGNED THE
AGREEMENT .. AND WILL RETURN
TO COURT IN FEBRUARY FOR HIS
OFFICIAL SENTENCING.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MAT HECK COMMENDED
INVESTIGATORS FOR THEIR HARD
WORK ... AND CALLED FOR
CHANGE. 02:20 "WE NEED TO
DO MORE WORK. AS A COMMUNITY
WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK. WE
NEED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IF WE
SUSPECT CHILD ABUSE. REPORT
IT." :35
REIDER WILL APPEAR IN COURT
ON FEBRUARY 19, THEN BRANDT
WILL BE OFFICIALLY SENTENCED
THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE 26TH.
RL AA 2NEWS.