Description: Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On September 21, 2020, officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call to check the welfare of a person at the Kroger grocery store located at 1365 East 86th Street in Indianapolis. Officers arrived and located Broden Burgess, age 37, from Indianapolis, who appeared incoherent, in the parking lot. After further investigation, officers located a loaded black Ruger 9mm handgun in Burgess’s sweatshirt pocket.

Burgess is prohibited from lawfully possessing firearms or ammunition due to multiple prior felony convictions, including auto theft, burglary, and strangulation. Burgess also has a misdemeanor conviction for domestic battery, which resulted from him knocking an ex-girlfriend to the ground and choking her.



Zachary A. Myers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, and Daryl S. McCormick, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF’s Columbus Field Division made the announcement.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated the case. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department provided invaluable assistance. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson following Burgess’s guilty plea. As part of the sentence, Judge Stinson ordered that Burgess be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for three years following his release from prison.

U.S. Attorney Myers thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Lawrence D. Hilton who prosecuted this case.

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 54 months in prison.

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