Richmond man held on firearm, cocaine charges
RICHMOND, Ind. — A reported domestic dispute has resulted in a Richmond man facing firearm and cocaine charges.
About 6 p.m. Sunday, Richmond police responded to a report of a man armed with a handgun striking a garage door in the 1400 block of South J Street.
The target of those allegations, 37-year-old Gregory Todd Holland II, a few minutes later was taken into custody after a traffic stop about four blocks away.
A police K-9, Uzi, indicated there were controlled substances in the Dodge Challenger that Holland was driving, A search resulted in discovery of a loaded 9mm handgun in the vehicle.
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Because of his criminal record — which includes convictions for aiding, inducing or causing arson, distribution of a destructive device to a minor, possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, criminal mischief, domestic battery and receiving stolen property — Holland is prohibited from possessing firearms, and he was taken into custody.
While he was being searched at the Wayne County jail, officers determined Holland was carrying a bag containing an "off-white, rocklike substance."
The Richmond man reportedly told an officer he had a "snorting problem," and the substance was cocaine.
On Monday, Holland was charged in Wayne Superior Court 2 with unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and possession of cocaine, both Level 4 felonies carrying maximum 12-year prison terms.
He continued to be held in the jail on Tuesday under a $22,500 bond.
The woman who placed the call to dispatchers on Sunday that led to Holland's arrest said she was the Richmond man's ex-girlfriend, and that he had struck her garage door, and produced a handgun, during a dispute.
Holland's arson-related arrest, in 2008 in Franklin County, resulted in a 20-year sentence. He was most recently released from prison in 2020, according to state Department of Correction records.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.
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