No dodging new gun charge
Apr. 24—From Staff Reports — Pauls Valley Democrat
After dodging a shooting charge earlier this year, a Maysville man is now facing more troubles for having a gun illegally and then trying to run away from county authorities.
It all came during the same incident as David McFarland, 37, had a firearm in his possession before taking law enforcement officers on a foot pursuit when they approached him April 17 to serve an eviction notice.
When the gun was spotted, the chase was on as McFarland took deputies on a run through some fields and woods before he was taken into custody.
The incident came in the afternoon hours as Sgt. Jeramy Lansdale, accompanied by three others, including Sheriff Jim Mullett, went to McFarland's rural Maysville residence to give him a formal notice of eviction from the house.
The residence is the same place where McFarland shot his stepfather back on Jan. 7, 2023. Charges related to the shooting incident were dismissed in January when his family members decided not to cooperate with the district attorney's office.
A group of four officers teamed up to serve the eviction notice last week because of McFarland's "violent history."
When they arrived, McFarland was standing outside in a horse pen. When they approached McFarland and asked him to come over so they could serve him eviction paperwork, he claimed he needed to go through a barn to "get to us."
As McFarland entered the barn, Lansdale said he saw him raise his pant leg and remove an object from what appeared to be a leg holster.
The deputy said he saw McFarland place an item under a piece of wood in the barn doorway. When asked about the leg holster, McFarland reportedly said it was a pair of pliers. McFarland then failed to stop when turning and walking back to the barn.
"McFarland bent down to retrieve the item, and I observed it to be a small, black revolver," Lansdale stated in a filed affidavit.
With the deputy pulling out his service weapon and ordering McFarland to drop the weapon, the suspect jumped over a fence and took off running.
"I engaged in a lengthy foot pursuit with McFarland through a field. McFarland went through a tree line and I met him on the other side of it. McFarland slowed down but continued walking away from me."
The suspect was finally stopped when hit with a taser as a search of the area resulted in deputies finding a .38 caliber gun in a creek bed.
Court documents show McFarland has a 2019 conviction in Caddo County of possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
Later hit with two new felony counts here, McFarland was given a $150,000 bond during his initial court appearance. A state prosecutor asked for that total to be $250,000.
