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College Park man gets 2-year sentence for tax evasion

By Ty Tagami
May 3, 2010

A College Park man was sentenced to serve two-plus years in federal prison Monday after his conviction on income tax evasion.

Robert L. Braddy, Jr. 39, hid over $1 million in income, according to a statement issued by U.S. District Attorney in Atlanta Sally Quillian Yates.

Braddy was taken from court straight to prison and will get no chance of parole, according to IRS agent-in-charge Reginael McDaniel.

U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr. sentenced Braddy to two years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Braddy also was ordered to pay $306,906 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office

Braddy pleaded guilty on Feb. 24 to under-reporting his income on tax returns from 2003 to 2005, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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