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July 20, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Brewer '95 pleads not guilty

E. Davis Brewer '95, the former editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Review, plead not guilty to embezzling thousands of dollars from the off-campus conservative weekly at his arraignment last month.

His trial is set for the first week in August. If convicted, Brewer could face a maximum sentence of 15 years in jail and a $4,000 fine.

Brewer declined to comment after the arraignment except through his lawyer Charlie Buttrey, who could not be reached for comment.

Brewer was indicted in February for writing over $8,500 in checks from The Review account to pay for personal expenditures during and after his one-year tenure as editor-in-chief.

Emeritus English Professor Jeffrey Hart, one of the members of The Review's board, told The Dartmouth in February that Brewer had paid $1,200 of his tuition from The Review's account.

According to a statement released by the Review shortly after the indictment, former president Kevin Robbins '98 and former editor-in-chief James Panero '98 "discovered serious irregularities in checks drawn from The Review" in the summer of 1996.

Brewer previously told The Dartmouth he had reached an internal agreement with The Review over the summer to repay the funds.

Brewer said the figure he initially settled with The Review was less than $8,500, and added "a significant amount of that has already been repaid."

Hart previously told The Dartmouth the payment plan called for Brewer to repay the $7,000 in forged checks and embezzled funds that was found missing from The Review account. The full amount was supposed to be paid off by June 1998, he said.

According to Hart, The Review found more checks after the agreement was signed, meaning Brewer had allegedly embezzled more than $8,500.

The Review turned the matter over to the Hanover Police Department when Brewer became irregular with his payments, Hart said.

Hart previously told The Dartmouth he was dismayed because nothing like this had happened in the 16 years The Review has existed.

Brewer, who did not graduate with his class, is an English major and is currently registered and taking classes at the College.

Hart and current Review editor-in-chief A. J. Monaco '98 refused to comment after the arraignment.