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Posted on 09/30/2026 11:21:14 AM PDT by Libloather
(QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Former Charlotte City Councilwoman Tiawana Brown has filed an appeal of her 10-month federal prison sentence, saying she believes “it’s the right thing to do.”
According to a notice of appeal filed on Thursday, Sept. 24, in federal court, Brown is appealing the judgment to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
She also asked the court to appoint separate counsel.
Brown addressed this week’s sentencing in two separate Facebook Live videos.
“I filed an appeal today on my case. So y’all [are] probably seeing that on the news. I filed an appeal because it’s the right thing to do.”
Brown also thanked supporters and spoke about her daughters, Tijema Brown and Antoinette Rouse, who were sentenced in the same case.
“I just want y’all to know I appreciate everybody who has been so kind and so gracious to me and my daughters during this difficult time that we’re going through.”
Brown went on to say, “I’d rather go be incarcerated myself versus my girls, so. Just wanted to let y’all know what’s going on with me and keep you posted.”
Brown said she would continue to speak publicly about the case.
“I filed an appeal today and [am] letting people know that I’m not going to be silenced for being who I am.”
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FBI searches Charlotte activist’s homes in healthcare fraud probe
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article312530041.html
Why is it that so many black majors and council people get caught with their hand in the till? Is it a cultural thing or do they just get sloppy?
When you are in violation of laws, yes, judges should be considered an imminent problem that could mean they “have it out for you”, should facts be measured. I should hope so?!
Former Charlotte City councilwoman Tiawana Brown sentenced in fraud case
In total, the defendants submitted at least 13 applications for EIDL or PPP funds and fraudulently received at least $146,665 in pandemic relief loans. Instead of using the funds to pay for qualifying expenses as required by the loans, the defendants used the funds on personal expenses, including approximately $15,000 on a personal birthday party for Tiawana Brown.
It’s a cultural thing (”takin’ it to da man”; “reparations”; “gibsmedat”), and they’re not always very bright.
There is a very unhealthy collaboration of corrupt bureaucracy between Atlanta and Memphis, TN.
Yes. Or perhaps “and”.
The judge is just a representative of who had it out for you. You were weighed on the scales of justice and found wanting. Away with you.
It’s literally the whole reason to get elected.
Tiawana and others submitted at least 13 applications for EIDL or PPP funds and fraudulently received at least $146,665 in pandemic relief loans. Instead of using the funds to pay for qualifying expenses as required by the loans, the defendants used the funds on personal expenses, including approximately $15,000 on a personal birthday party for Tiawana Brown.
She had already served Federal prison time in the 1990’s for previous fraud conviction. I would consider 10 months a light sentence.
Well, the appellate could consider that fact and increase the sentencing. That would be justice IMO.
Fraudster from way back.
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a multipart series about the road that led Tiawana Brown from a federal prison sentence to the top of Charlotte’s elected leadership, and that could lead her back to prison if she is convicted of COVID-era relief fraud charges.
At the Dec. 3, 2023, swearing-in ceremony for the Charlotte City Council, the new member representing District 3 gave an impassioned speech.
“Tonight is historic for me. As you may know, I’m a formerly incarcerated individual,” said Tiawana Brown. She had won her first election a month prior. “And for a long time we were called convicts, felons, inmates.”
Brown then asked everyone in the chamber to raise their hands if they knew someone who had been incarcerated.
“I am here because I am a gift from God. And this position is a gift from God that I don’t take lightly,” Brown said.
Those words, in a way, help sum up Brown and how she presents herself: Unashamed of her past. A transformational figure after serving time in federal prison in the 1990s for fraud. And now — facing 20 years in prison — a defiant one.
Her political future hangs in the balance. Candidate filing for this fall’s municipal elections opened Monday. Brown has said she plans to run for reelection for District 3, which covers west and southwest Charlotte, including where she grew up. She’s already drawn two primary challengers in what’s sure to be one of the most closely watched municipal elections.
Soon after that 2023 swearing-in speech, federal prosecutors began investigating Brown and her two adult daughters for COVID-era fraud. They say the trio fraudulently secured $124,000 in loans in 2021. The money was supposed to be used to help businesses struggling during the pandemic. Instead, prosecutors say the three spent the funds on personal expenses, including luxury goods like Louis Vuitton merchandise.
Brown also allegedly spent $15,000 of that money on an elaborate birthday party for herself at the Harvey Gantt Center uptown, which included a horse-drawn carriage and a rented throne.
A video from the evening shows an emcee urging the crowd to welcome Brown, saying “All hail the Queen!”
Fake forms, false statements
Russ Ferguson, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said the scheme by Brown and her daughters was simple.
“(Brown) attached IRS forms that weren’t real and not actually submitted to the IRS, and made false statements on her application and got taxpayer money in return,” he said during an appearance on WFAE’s Charlotte Talks.
On May 22, 2025, one day after being indicted, Brown held a hastily called news conference. She sat at the end of a table with her attorney, Rob Heroy, and one of her supporters, activist Cedric Dean.
She came out swinging. Brown said she had paid back the portion of the loan she was responsible for — nearly $21,000.
“So if it’s about justice, and I paid it back, why are we here?” Brown asked. “Why are we here?”
WFAE wanted to know how Brown came so far — from public housing to helping incarcerated women through her nonprofit Beauty After the Bars, and sparring with Charlotte’s mayor as an outspoken member of the City Council — only to be on the cusp of losing a hard-won redemption story.
She declined an interview. But WFAE has pieced together her story through past interviews, social media posts, court records and newspaper articles.
At sentencing, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell sentenced Brown to 10 months in federal prison. Her daughters were each sentenced to two years of probation and four months of monitored home detention, according to federal court documents.
Brown took to social media to remark on the sentencing, stating, “That judge did some bulls**t in court today. I don’t care what y’all say. You gotta be there to see it. We agreed to a plea agreement. Yes, the judge has the ability to make the call.”
She went on to say that, “This judge had it out for me.”
Brown was indicted in May 2025. Her appeal is now moving through the court system.
https://www.wfae.org/politics/2025-07-07/a-gift-from-god-the-fall-and-rise-of-tiawana-brown
We has a GoFundMe by the way ,LOL
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