Dubuque Man Sentenced For His Role In Burglary

A Dubuque man has been sentenced to probation for a burglary during which a gun was fired at people who interrupted the break-in. 40 year old Michael Brown entered an Alford plea to a charge of third-degree burglary. Such a plea is not an admission of guilt, but the defendant acknowledges that sufficient evidence for a conviction exists. Brown was sentenced to five years of probation, including one year at a residential treatment facility. Reports say police responded to a residence on Jackson Street on March 15, 2019, after gunshots were reported. They met with Shelby . Buswell, of that residence, who said she had received an alert from her home security system.Buswell was in the hospital when she received the alert, so she contacted Johnny Webb to investigate the possible break-in. Webb and his two sons, then ages 17 and 16, went to the home to investigate. Webb saw two people inside Buswell’s apartment. He and his sons confronted the two men, one of whom pulled out a gun and fired multiple times.