A La Porte man pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and was recently sentenced on that charge in United States District Court.
United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Judge Damon R. Leichty sentenced 35-year-old Anthony Sanders to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
According to documents in the case, in February 2021, Sanders was in Michigan City with a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine. When police officers attempted to stop him, he ran and discarded the handgun. Police recovered not only the pistol, but two extended magazines, one with 28 rounds and the other with 17 rounds of ammunition. Sanders had prior convictions of robbery involving a firearm, two for burglary, and two for dealing cocaine and, as a convicted felon, he was prohibited from possessing the firearm.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the assistance of the Michigan City Police Department, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Molly E. Donnelly.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
