OSAGE – An Osage man previously convicted of a violent crime was arrested after a recent domestic incident.
Osage police responded to the incident on the afternoon of January 28. After officers investigated, they arrested Nicholas Alan McFarland, age 27, on charges of domestic abuse assault (enhanced) and obstruction of emergency communications.
McFarland was guilty by a jury in 2012 in Calhoun county of assault causing bodily injury and assault. He was given a brief jail sentence and ordered to pay $20,850.44 in fines, court fees and victim restitution; he still owes over $9,000, records show. He was also guilty of assault back in 2009 in Cerro Gordon county.
In 2016, McFarland escaped multiple charges brought by Osage police of control of a firearm by a felon and child endangerment. The charges were dismissed, but he was ordered to pay $500.00 in court costs.
