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Punishment: Danbury Resident Goes To Italy, Breaks a Finger Off
the Virgin Mary Statue  The half-brother of former U.S. Sen.
Scott Brown was arrested in Old Lyme for impersonating a law
enforcement officer in a bizarre, elaborate and seemingly
pointless ruse. Outfitted in a nylon belt holding a real, loaded
pistol, Bruce Browne (who spells the family name with an "e" for
some reason) allegedly stood on a town beach and misidentified
himself to boaters as a Coast Guard officer. The 46-year-old
Wolcott resident allegedly "inspected" at least three boats,
even though he is not actually affiliated with any branch of the
armed forces or law enforcement agency, reports WFSB. When the
real police caught up with him, they discovered his Crown
Victoria had been rigged with lights and antennas that made it
look like a police vehicle. A search of the car allegedly turned
up three loaded handguns, 200-plus rounds of ammunition, two
sets of handcuffs, an expandab