Members of the Brown family, who star in the popular reality show "Alaskan Bush People," will return to court in 2016 for another change of plea hearing in a criminal case that has called into question how long the family actually lived in the Last Frontier.
The Browns' criminal case has stretched on for more than a year, since October 2014, when prosecutors charged Billy Brown, 63, his wife Ami Brown, 52, and four of their seven children with a total of 60 counts of first-degree unsworn falsification and first- and second-degree theft linked to Permanent Fund dividend applications submitted from 2010 to 2013.
Billy Brown and his 31-year-old son Joshua "Bam Bam" Brown attempted to enter into a plea deal last month, but the judge rejected it, saying their crimes deserved jail time.
The Browns and their attorneys were scheduled to return to court Tuesday for a status hearing, but that hearing was pushed back. They will reconvene in the courtroom on Jan. 11 at 2 p.m. for a change of plea hearing.