ANAHEIM — A 34-year-old man with a history of domestic violence and violating stay-away orders and who was shot by Anaheim police in September pleaded guilty Tuesday to resisting arrest and assaulting officers and was sentenced to 270 days in jail.
James Brasher was shot during a confrontation with officers who responded to a domestic dispute at about 8 p.m. Sept. 16 in the 700 block of West Santa Ana Street, police said.
Brasher accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Andre Manssourian that knocked multiple felony counts down to misdemeanors.
Brasher pleaded guilty to two counts of resisting arrest, a count of criminal threats, two counts of brandishing a BB gun and a count of violating a protective/stay-away order, all misdemeanors.
Manssourian gave Brasher credit for 144 days behind bars and placed him on one year of informal probation.
Brasher pleaded guilty in August 2022 to corporal injury on a cohabitant, brandishing a weapon and criminal threats, all misdemeanors. He was placed on three years probation and ordered to do eight hours of community service and to participate in a treatment program for batterers.
Brasher pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of violating a protective or stay-away order in October 2022, March 2023 and August 2023.
In July 2022, an ex-girlfriend applied for a protective order against Brasher alleging he beat her on July 5, 2022, in Anaheim, according to court records. The protective order was dismissed later that month when no one showed up in court for follow-up.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting, which is standard procedure.
