Lazarus White Sentenced to 26 Years DOC

February 9, 2024

On Friday, February 9, 2024, Judge Mark Dudley sentenced Lazarus White to 26 years to be executed at the Indiana Department of Correction. 


White pleaded guilty on the morning of his scheduled jury trial to Count I: Criminal Recklessness, a Level 5 felony; Count II: Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon, a Level 4 felony, and Count III: Pointing a Firearm, a Level 6 felony.   In a subsequent bench trial, Judge Dudley found Lazarus White to be an Habitual Offender.


Judge Dudley sentenced White to a total of 10 years for the underlying offenses and an additional 16 years for the Habitual Offender enhancement for a total sentence of 26 years to be served at the Indiana Department of Correction.  The State's case was presented by Deputy Prosecutor Tyler Piraino and the case was investigated by Officer Joseph Thanas of the Anderson Police Department.


The case stems from an incident on May 31, 2023, where White was found at the corner of Madison Avenue and MLK Blvd waiting a gun at passing vehicles.  Responding officers from the Anderson Police Department witnessed White fire the gun in the air.  White complied with commands from officers and was placed into custody.  White is considered a Serious Violent Felon due to his 2007 conviction for Burglary.  Since then, he has twice been convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon. 


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On Monday, August 18, 2025, Judge Angela Warners Sims sentenced Wade Turner Jackson, Jr., (36 of Anderson) to thirty (30) years with twenty-five (25) years to be executed at the Indiana Department of Correction and five (5) years suspended to formal probation. Jackson, Jr. was convicted following a three-day jury trial last month of eleven (11) counts: Count I: Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon, a Level 5 felony; Count II: Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun, a Class A misdemeanor; Count III: Invasion of Privacy, a Class A misdemeanor; Count IV: Criminal Mischief, a Class B misdemeanor; Count V: Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun, a Level 5 felony; Count VI: Criminal Recklessness, a Level 6 felony; Count VII: Intimidation, a Level 5 felony; Count VIII: Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun, a Class A misdemeanor; Count IX: Unlawful Carrying of a Handgun, a Level 5 felony; Count X: Possession of Cocaine, a Level 6 felony; Count XI: Dealing in a Schedule I Controlled Substance, a Level 2 felony. At trial, the State’s case was presented by Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys Jennifer Haley and Grainne Kao. The case was investigated by Det. Brett Webb of the Anderson Police Department.
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