Opinion ID: 73339
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Heading: Brand's Arrest

Text: Brand's failure to comply with the 1992 state court order resulted in his arrest in April 1996. Corporal Troy Keenhold, the arresting officer, had stopped Brand's vehicle near Allentown, Pennsylvania, for a traffic violation. During the course of casual conversation, Brand mentioned that he had some business in New York. Keenhold then discovered that Brand was wanted for a family offense on a Federal Bureau of Investigation warrant issued in Florida. When Keenhold told Brand why he was being taken into custody, Brand responded that the only thing he could think of was that [it] had to do with his divorce and the fact that he owed child support...in Florida. While being transported to the police station, Brand remarked that because this was a civil matter with his wife, he felt that if he left the State of Florida he could not be touched. At the time of his arrest, Brand was wearing a Rolex watch that had an appraised replacement value of $6,000.