Larrison receives 180-day work release sentence, followed by home detention for felony intimidation with a deadly weapon conviction

Mason Larrison

COLUMBUS, Ind. — A teen who pleaded guilty to felony intimidation with a deadly weapon after he was accused of threatening a group of students with a gun in the Columbus East High School parking lot in February has been sentenced to work release and home detention.

Mason Larrison, 18, 3572 Grange Drive, was originally taken into custody on preliminary charges of criminal confinement, intimidation with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm on school property, according to arrest records. His arrest came one day after the parking lot confrontation that followed the Feb. 2 Columbus East-Brownstown Central basketball game, court records state.

Larrison was sentenced by Bartholomew Circuit Court Judge Kelly Benjamin to 180 days on work release, which is supervised through Community Corrections, followed by the remainder of the four-year sentence to be served on home detention.

A Level 5 felony can carry a possible six years in prison, as well as a fine of up to $10,000.

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