Brandon G. Anderson
HANCOCK COUNTY — A local man with a lengthy criminal history was facing up to 12 years in prison for a serious gun violation. He had his case settled recently in Hancock County Superior Court 1.
Brandon G. Anderson, 40, 100 block of Baldwin Street, Greenfield, was facing a Level 4 felony count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and a Level 6 felony count criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon.
Anderson was given an eight-year term with five years to be executed in the Indiana Department of Corrections and three years suspended to formal probation following the acceptance of a plea agreement in November. The Level 6 felony was dismissed, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, officials with the Greenfield Police Department were called to the 700 block of White Brook Trailer Park because of reports of shots fired. The report states Anderson was outside when law enforcement arrived and told them he was unsure why they were there.
When asked if he had fired shots into a nearby lake, Anderson first denied shooting a gun, officials said in the report. Anderson did, however, later admit he had fired a gun at the lake and there was a .22 caliber firearm in his residence. Anderson told officers he was showing the gun to kids when he fired the gun into the lake, the report stated.
Officials did a background check on Anderson and found he had a previous conviction of battery with a deadly weapon in the county in 2016 which qualified Anderson as a serious violent felon under Indiana law.
Officers noted in the report the trailer park where the incident occurred had multiple people and vehicles outside when officers arrived. Officials also noted the trailers where the incident occurred are only separated by a short distance and there was no backstop where the weapon was fired, the report stated.
Deputy Chief Chuck McMichael told the Daily Reporter at the time these types of calls are difficult to get a resolution to without help from the public.
“We get calls of this nature from time to time but when people don’t provide info, our hands are tied,” McMichael said. “This caller was great and gave a lot of details which led to the arrest and got this dangerous person off the street.”
A further search of Anderson’s past court records show he has a lengthy criminal history with over 20 different criminal cases filed against him in the county, including a 2019 charge of dealing meth.
