Vanessa Lowery Brown (born December 16, 1965)VANESSA L. LOWERY BROWN - PA House of Representatives
/ref> is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 190th District. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus. In 2018 she was convicted on seven charges related to a bribery case, six of which were felonies. She was sentenced to 23 months probation for her crimes. In 2023, Brown became employed in the office of the Philadelphia Register of Wills.

Background

Brown attended

Philadelphia High School for Girls The Philadelphia High School for Girls, also known as Girls' High, is a public college preparatory magnet high school for girls in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As its name suggests, the school's enrollment is all female. Established in 1848, it ...

, graduating in 1984. She then studied at the

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followed by

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. She is single.

Bribery case

On 31 October 2018 Brown was convicted on seven charges stemming relating to bribery. She was found guilty of five felony counts of violating the state conflict-of-interest law, a felony count of bribery, and a further misdemeanor count relating to failure to report payments. The charges resulted from a sting operation which was controversially shut down by Democrat Pennsylvania Attorney General

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who had claimed the investigations could not produce cases that were winnable in court. On 30 November 2018 Brown was sentenced to 23 months probation for her crimes. Despite her bribery conviction, she refused to resign from her position. However, on 12 December, Brown resigned from her seat "under protest".State lawmaker from Philly convicted of bribery resigns 'under protest' , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
/ref> Brown was represented at trial by Patrick A. Casey, John B. Dempsey and Erik R. Anderson of the Scranton-based law firm, Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP.

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Vanessa Lowery Brown (Democrat)
official PA House website
Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus - Vanessa L. Brown
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