(South Bend, IN) - A Michigan City man has been sentenced in federal court for a firearms offence.

Andre Anderson-Dawson, 41, violated a protective order in 2019 while armed with a stolen 9 mm firearm, which only made things worse, since he was already a convicted felon.

Anderson-Dawson pled guilty to having the gun illegally in 2023, and this week was sentenced in South Bend's U.S. District Court to four years and ten months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

While on release awaiting sentencing, court documents show that Anderson-Dawson was involved in another incident resulting in an additional three counts of felony domestic battery.

According to the District Attorney's Office, the federal case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Michigan City Police Department and the LaPorte County Prosecutor’s Office.