New Hampshire tax evader denies booby-trapping property to harm federal agents

NH tax evader denies booby-trapping property

CONCORD, N.H. — A convicted tax evader has denied at his trial that he booby-trapped his New Hampshire property to kill federal agents.

Ed Brown said Tuesday that explosives in the woods around his fortified home were designed to scare off intruders, including agents — not harm them.

He says he stockpiled weapons and explosives because a failed arrest attempt convinced him authorities planned to kill him.

Brown and his wife, Elaine, are charged with amassing the arsenal to kill agents during the nine months they holed up in their Plainfield home after being convicted of tax evasion.

The prosecution has rested its case.