MASON CITY – A man who participated in a murder years ago and went to prison for it fled a Mason City traffic stop, crashed his car, ran away on foot and remains at-large.
On December 4, 2019 at 9:21 p.m., a Mason City Police officer stopped a 1992 Oldsmobile for a traffic violation in the 200 block of N Pierce Ave. The officer identified the driver as Jamie C. Mcfarland (28) of Mason City. Mcfarland had a valid warrant out of Black Hawk County and when officers went to place him under arrest he closed the vehicle door on one of the officers hands. The officer was able to get his hand out of the door as Mcfarland placed the vehicle in drive and left the scene of the initial stop with officers in pursuit. Mcfarland drove his vehicle northbound on Pierce where he struck a vehicle in traffic at 12th and N Pierce Ave. He then lost control and drove his vehicle into a yard striking a tree. Mcfarland then ran from the vehicle and officers were unable to locate him. The driver from the vehicle that Mcfarland struck was uninjured. The officer received minor injuries to his hands. The Mason City Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Iowa State Patrol and the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office.
The public is urged to call with any information leading to the arrest of Mcfarland.
Mcfarland was released from prison on parole in June of 2015 for his role in the murder of Isidoro Erreguin in 2008, who was shot dead in a North End Mason City home by Damion Seats. Mcfarland had pled guilty in 2010 to involuntary manslaughter which brought a 5-year prison sentence and first degree burglary, which brought a consecutive sentence of 25 years. He was sent to the Anamosa state prison. Just months after his release, he was in trouble for drunk driving, eluding and other crimes.
(2015 photo)
18 thoughts on “Man who participated in murder flees Mason City traffic stop, remains at-large”
This guy was given a 2nd chance to do right already, he was involved when “Damon Seats” another criminal now in prison beat another man to death in North Iowa. Mcfarland North Iowa has watched you and 10 years later your still the same as you were than you were 17.
We gave you the benefit of the doubt, we heard you beg for mercy and whip up some tears, this is how you repay the ones that gave you this second chance. You should be held to the fullest max consequence for wasting people’s time, tax payers dollars, and remember that North Iowa people didn’t forget about you it was just a matter of time that someone would remember & hold you accountable something you have lacked your teenage years and adult life.
Trash like this should be shot on site and ask questions later!
He was also the wheel man in another murder when he was a teen. A few blocks from the MCPD. Killed a pot dealer.
No loss there.
Such a stupidly exploitative sensationalist headline. You’re a f*ckin loser dude. Or have no handle on how to construct a sentence. Either way you do this every time you can and people dislike it. It’s almost like its disingenious and sort of weasel-ish behavior. Just trying to get reads. Everyone already knows he drove a car to a place where some pos shot some other pos. I dont condone it but if you think about it this gentleman took two worthless gangsta wannabe losers out of Mason city’s misery permanently. I’d call that a public service. Fvck the guy that got shot and FVCK damien too. Both trash humans.
It would be interesting to see the headline that you could come up with concerning what happened. Give it a shot. You know, what you do in life and how your life turns out, comes down to, wait for it, choices.
I wouldnt go out of my way to bring up unrelated incidents from a decade ago just because I thought it may get note clicks. You keep carrying a torch for this type of “journalism” though. Fox would be so proud.
Unfortunately the news media will bring up your past all the time. It’s what people want to hear and it sells.
Dont like the guy but he drove a car to a thing that happened. He didnt pull the trigger. 30 years for driving a car? You guys ever think prison made him worse, caused him more pain and trauma and created the criminal we see today? Like maybe incarceration isnt a good thing? Like it doesnt teach or reform anyone…. ever! Prison should be for abusers, sexual predators and actual murderers. Nothing less. Maybe the state shouldn’t have put him in a facility with grown men who are actual hardened criminals and then expected him to develop a healthy and happy outlook on himself his future the world and all the people in it? People tell me I’m a callous ass. At least I’m not to ignorant to understand that shovelling people into for profit prisons has never been about bettering individuals or society. It’s always been about making a few evil people very rich off the backs of the poor or mentally unstable. If I’m callous are the rest of you just scrapings from the bottom of a barrel of shit? F*cking incredible. Detention turns to in school suspension turns into ouya of school suspension turns into the youth detention center turns into jail then into prison. See how children are profiled funneled into the system and then desensitized to the idea of institutionalization? Seems pretty sick if you have an ounce of understanding or compassion. Nobody is given an honest chance to reform when they are thrown into a hostile environment where everyone’s skill sets are crime. If you somehow dont see that you are a moron. The prison system is corrupt and it clearly does nothing to reform anyone. If it did why do we see the same 35 faces in these mugshots from year to year? A quarter of this miserable town has been to prison. One of the last big meth busts was a guy who was almost sixty years old lol. Sixty? Must just be a tough nut to crack if a life of rehab facilities and prisons hasn’t gotten through to him yet…. that or his mental health issues have NEVER been diagnosed no less treated. Ummm. Prison should take this time though. I bet when he gets out at ninety years old he wont be so smug smoking his meth and the state will call it a success somehow having spent millions to incarcerate a non violent self abusing piece of shit.
This guy’s skill set and societal expectations should equal him entering a US army infantry regiment. Does us no good in prison, why not let him loose in the middle east?
I can guarantee the military wouldn’t take him. But he could still try. When caught he could be shipped to Fallujah Iraq, given a gun, and told to have at it.
Agreed. The idea of giving convicted individuals the choice between the military and prison should still exist. Why not give someone a chance to become someone totally new? They may find things about themselves that profoundly change their character. Could be the right guy in the right place at the right time to save lives or become a war hero. May come home and be someone nobody knew they could be even themselves. Or they may not make it home. Either way its better than locking ppl in cages for non violent offenses and helping them become worse than before. It would seem having a sense of purpose might be more beneficial than living in fear and depression for whatever amount of time the state thinks incarceration helps. I’d rather my tax dollars trained someone and taught them discipline and respect maybe gave them something to fight for and live for than housing them in a cage and thinking violence sexual assault and exposure to mentally ill and diseased people is somehow a solution to anything at all ever. Prisons are one of the biggest human rights violations in existence for non violent offenses. They are also extremely corrupt not to mention a waste of tax dollars time effort and human life. We could be doing better for ourselves as well as our misguided and troubled youth. You guys aren’t seeing or not caring about this they way you could be if you weren’t an angry shithead. It’s not about Jamie or anyone specific it’s about the greater good of society as a whole. This country locks up more people than any other first world countries combined and it isnt getting better. How can anyone be useful or hope to become useful after getting a felony charge unless they catch a lucky break? Most felons reoffend because nobody let’s them back in society. That’s not to say I dont know some local trash that have 9 felonies keep getting out and will go back again. A sad fact is that some of us are just born bad. The majority of us are just regular people and we all fall sometimes. The problem is the American law system lacks justice and usually creates victims as a means of maintaining revenue and exploits those who fall to ensure they profit. A justice system is fair, a law system is predatory.
I would thunk that being part of a murder would be considered a violent offence….I mean a person did die, that’s pretty violent.
Driving the car ain’t the same as pulling the trigger. Are you really that dumb? That whole charging the people who where with someone that did something stupid is outrageous. You really assume he knew he was driving his friend to a murder? Who in their right mind would involve themselves like that. Maybe a dumb kid making a stupid mistake that does not define them for ever. I dont even know this kid but it seems like hes been judged unfairly for the last decade at the least and more incarceration is probably not going to make anything better. Clearly it’s worked for so many for so long.
^^Guilt by association……its the law….if you don’t like it then elect some into office that will change it.
Do i think he know his buddy was going to kill some one that night? probably not. Did he know his buddy had a gun and was going to rob someone at gun point? He probably did.
Bottom line is he drove someone with a gun to rob someone & if you did not associate with a potential murderer you would would not go to prison.
Please, please, please….perforate this turd repeatedly when he resists arrest next time.
Served seven years of a 30 year sentence and was turned loose on the public. Makes sense to me.
You mean prison didn’t do anything to reform this person’s behavior? He’s still a piece of shit today?