People v. Brown

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cerio Jr., J.), rendered June 17, 2009 in Broome County, upon a *1146verdict convicting defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the third degree.

Defendant is a Freemason and member of Masonic Lodge 177 in the City of Binghamton, Broome County. In September 2003, while defendant was master of the lodge and his father, Clarence Brown, was treasurer, Brown withdrew $40,000 from the lodge’s bank account. The withdrawal included an $18,000 bank check payable to the Chenango County treasurer, which defendant used to pay his delinquent real property taxes…