Faced with the prospect of going to trial next week, an Anderson man pled guilty Wednesday morning to charges stemming from a domestic assault in 2023, announced Tenth Circuit Solicitor Micah E. Black.
Henry K. Brown, 48, pled guilty on January 21, 2026, to Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature. The Honorable Thomas J. Rode sentenced Brown to fifteen (15) years in the Department of Corrections, where he will be considered a violent offender and will not be parole eligible. This conviction also counts as a “strike” under South Carolina’s “three-strikes” law, meaning Brown may be subject to a life sentence if he is convicted of additional crimes when he completes his current prison term.
On October 15, 2023, Brown got into an argument with his wife at their residence in Anderson. Brown quickly escalated the argument into a physical one when he threw his wife to the ground, jumped on top of her, and began choking her. Brown then retrieved a butcher knife, holding it to his wife’s face and threatening to kill her with it while she was still laying in floor dazed from the strangulation. Brown then took his wife’s car keys, phone, and tablet and left the residence. The wife ran across the street to a convenience store and called 911. When Brown was located the next day, he still had his wife’s keys, phone, and tablet with him.
Assistant Solicitor Chase Kinsey prosecuted the case for the State, with assistance from Senior Assistant Solicitor Derek Polsinello, Investigator Joe Burke, and Victim Advocate Michele Carroll. Solicitor Black praised the work of his team preparing this case for trial, and for helping prepare Brown’s wife to face him in court for the last time. Additionally, he commended the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office for their professional work responding to the initial call for help and quickly bringing Brown to justice.
“Domestic violence continues to plague our communities in South Carolina and across the nation,” Solicitor Black said following the sentencing. “My office will continue to work with law enforcement agencies and other partners across the Tenth Circuit to fight for victims of domestic violence and give them a path to becoming a survivor instead of a victim.”