An apparent rejected boyfriend, who police say shot up his ex-girlfriend’s car near 8th Avenue and Kings Highway in Garnett in 2022 and fired at her new boyfriend’s home while children were inside, was bound over on felony counts in Anderson County District Court last week after a preliminary hearing. Twenty- nine year-old William Christopher Vandenberg, is set for an October 21st preliminary hearing after he was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, possession and criminal discharge of a weapon by a felon, criminal threat and criminal damage to property.
Anderson County Attorney Elizabeth Oliver says court proceedings in Anderson County were delayed because Vandenburg was already serving a jail sentence in another county. Investigators say Vandenberg fired multiple rounds at his girlfriend’s vehicle the night of April 2nd 2022, while it was parked in the 700 block of West 8th Avenue. He then allegedly fired at a residence occupied by two adults and two children. A witness, Joshua Strutton, says he returned fire after his home was fired upon and disabled Vandenberg’s vehicle in the street, and Vandenberg then fled the scene.
