Ex-colonel sentenced in paternity case

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Former Col. Scott M. Carlson is led to a police van in Carlisle, Pa., on Dec. 30 after being sentenced to four to 23 months in county prison for trying to fake a paternity test.


Ex-colonel sentenced in paternity case
By Brendan McGarry - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Dec 30, 2008 21:43:50 EST

CARLISLE, Pa. — A former Army colonel who was convicted earlier this year on charges related to cheating on a paternity test with a former classmate at the Army War College was sentenced Tuesday to serve a minimum of four months in county prison.

Scott M. Carlson, 53, was sentenced in Cumberland County Court to serve four to 23 months and pay a $500 fine. The sentencing was based on two felony conspiracy convictions for tampering with public records or information and attempted theft by deception.

When asked if he wished to say anything before the sentencing, Carlson, dressed in a dark gray suit, only said, “I respectfully decline, your honor.”

Bail was set at $75,000. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Carlson would post bail. After the sentencing he was handcuffed and led into a holding cell in the courthouse. He was later escorted out of the building and into a police van.

Carlson declined requests for comment from reporters gathered outside.


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