Macon County Correctional officer arrested for selling gun to felon

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND)- A Macon County Correctional officer has been placed under arrest.

According to police, Adam B Goodbrake was booked into the Macon County Jail on July 2, 2023, at 4:52 PM by the Decatur Police Department for Unlawful Sale Of Firearm to a Felon.

Goodbrake, a 5 year employee of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Division, is currently under administrative leave with the Sheriff’s Office pending the results of an internal investigation separate to the ongoing criminal investigation.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Goodbrake had stored multiple weapons for a person known to him to have a felony conviction.

In a sworn statement from a Decatur Police Officer, multiple people observed the weapons stored in a detached garage as well as in a vehicle parked in that garage.

Police said the felon, Brandon Burwell, met Goodbrake when he was incarcerated at the Macon County Jail in September 2022.

Goodbrake is alleged to have stored the weapons for Burwell at his Decatur residence in May 2023 and then returned the weapons to Burwell shortly before his arrest.

In an interview with Goodbrake, he advised that Burwell asked him sometime in May to store some "things." Goodbrake said that he asked the man what that was and Burwell stated "pew pews."

Weapons stored in the garage included an AR style shotgun, an AR556, an AR style 22, a white camouflage 11 long rifle, pump shot gun, Judge Revolver, and a Glock 22 with a loaded extended thirty round magazine. The Glock was inside a Micro Roni which is used to turn a handgun into a short-barreled rifle which holds 100 rounds. Goodbrake said there was ammunition for each gun.

Goodbrake appeared Monday morning in court, his bond was set at $30,000 and he remains in custody pending further court dates.

In March 2024, Goodbrake pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a firearm, a Class 3 Felony. He was sentenced to 30 months' probation.