Ben Brown Placed On Administrative Leave Pending Results Of Probe Into Allegations

Former State Senator Ben Brown, now a deputy commissioner in the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of an investigation into allegations he pressured a nonprofit group into hiring as a ghost employee the State Senate's sergeant-at-arms, Bob Craig. Brown has been under scrutiny since mid-August, when The Oklahoman's Randy Ellis reported the allegations, which involve the Oklahoma Citizens Advocates for Recovery and Treatment Association. That group's executive director, Donna Woods Bauer, told Ellis she caved in to pressure from Brown to hire Craig because her group depends on the Department of Mental Health for its funding.

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