Original sentence: Edward Lewis Brown (born 1942), a resident of the American state of New Hampshire, gained national news media attention in early 2007 for refusing to pay federal income tax and refusing to surrender to federal government agents after having been convicted of tax crimes
Edited sentence: Edward Lewis Brown (born 1942), a resident of the American state of New Hampshire with a violent criminal past, gained national news media attention in early 2007 for refusing to pay federal income tax and refusing to surrender to federal government agents after having been convicted of tax crimes