Columbia man sentenced to ten years for domestic assault

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man was sentenced on Monday after police found shell casings outside a home earlier this year.

Clyde J. Johnson Jr., 50, was sentenced to 10 years in the Department of Corrections after changing his plea on Monday in court.

Online court records state prosecutors dropped three felonies against Johnson as part of a plea agreement.

Johnson was sentenced to seven years for second-degree domestic assault, four years for unlawful use of a weapon and 10 years for two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. All of the charges will run concurrently with each other.

Prosecutors dropped the charges of first-degree kidnapping and two counts of armed criminal action.

Johnson was arrested after a shots-fired call in the 4200 block of Rice Road. Prosecutors charged him after police found shell casings outside a home in March, according to a probable cause statement.

Police found a handgun with no serial number hidden in Johnson's home, the statement says.

Prosecutors also charged Johnson with a string of incidents that began Feb. 23. The victim told police that Johnson had been acting paranoid and violent and had been carrying a gun, the statement says. The victim said Johnson burned and hit her during the incidents and barred her from leaving the residence, according to the statement.