Cushing Man on Parole Charged with Gun Possession

  (Stillwater, Okla.) – A Cushing man with a criminal record in three counties has been charged with being a felon in possession of a stolen 9 mm Taurus pistol, along with having methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in Cushing on Oct. 22, court records show.

    Brandon Kyle Landers, 31, who was paroled from prison 14 months ago, was arraigned Wednesday from the Payne County Jail where he was being held on $5,000 bail, court records show.

    According to state Department of Corrections records, Landers was previously convicted of:

    * second-degree burglary in Ardmore in Carter County in 2012 and given a 12-year prison term from which he was paroled in August of 2017 after serving about four years;

    * auto larceny and being a felon in possession of a firearm in Ardmore in Carter County in 2012 and given prison terms of nine years and three years from which he was paroled in August of 2017;

    * possessing stolen property, eluding a police officer, and being a felon in possession of a firearm in Tulsa County in 2010 and given concurrent three-year probationary terms that were revoked to concurrent two-year prison terms of which he served about one year;

    * assault with intent to commit a felony in Tulsa County in 2010 and given a three-year probationary term that was revoked to a two-year prison term of which he served about one year;

    * unauthorized use of a vehicle and eluding a police officer in Clinton in Custer County in 2005 and given two concurrent five-year prison terms of which he served about four years and two months.

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