Police charge Canton man with endangerment
A Canton Township man was arraigned on charges Saturday after police said he drunkenly fired shots from a handgun outside his home the day before.
State police charged Bryan Kin Laberdee, 39, with two counts each of reckless endangerment and child endangerment, plus single counts of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.
Trooper Brian Rousseau said he was dispatched to the Moon Road address Friday for a report of shots fired in the area of Laberdee’s house. Rousseau said troopers arrived to find Laberdee, who “appeared to be extremely intoxicated and refused commands to exit his porch.”
Court papers don’t list the time of the incident. Police didn’t indicate any reported injuries.
“I entered the front porch as Laberdee was trying to make entrance to his residence and attempted to gain compliance from Laberdee,” Rousseau wrote in court papers. “Laberdee actively resisted and was taken to the ground and detained.”
A witness said they’d allegedly heard four or five shots from Laberdee’s house, according to court papers. Two children, 11 and 10, were inside the house and reportedly told police Laberdee fired his pistol outside.
The papers did not indicate whether the children were related to Laberdee.
The 9-mm handgun was found in a coffee table, according to court papers. Three shell casings were recovered on the porch.
Rousseau called the area “heavily populated” and identified four neighbors on nearby Windsor Road saying Laberdee allegedly put them in danger.
Laberdee was arraigned the following morning before District Judge Joshua Kanalis, who set bond at $10,000. Washington County jail records didn’t list Laberdee as an inmate that afternoon. Court records don’t list an attorney for him.