Marshall County couple arrested for kidnapping, other crimes

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  • Sara McCullough
    Sara McCullough
  • Donald McCullough
    Donald McCullough
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A Marshall County couple is facing multiple charges from separate arrests. In December 2018, Marshall County Deputy Anna Timms was dispatched to a residence in the 4000 block of Log House Road. Upon arrival, the deputy heard somebody calling out for help.

Once Timms followed the sound, she located the person, and identified him as Richard (Scotty) Herndon. When Herndon looked up at the deputy, she noted blood on his face from his hairline to his face.

The deputy then inquired why the gentleman had blood covering a large portion of his face. According to her police report, Herndon replied “man, they tried to kill me.”

Timms asked Herndon who tried to kill him. At that point, Herndon identified both suspects, Sarah and Bubba – also known as Donald – Mc-Cullough. Allegedly, Herndon had been staying with the Mc-Culloughs. At first, things were fine. However, Herndon stated things changed when the Mrs. got out of jail.

Herndon said he believed jealousy was what sent the male suspect into a fit of rage. He told Timms that after Mr. McCullough jumped Herndon, and while he was beating the victim, the suspect yelled, “you just couldn’t wait for Sarah to get out of jail, could you?”

After the beating, the Mc-Culloughs then took Herndon on a high speed drive. While the female was “driving erratically,” the male suspect began hitting the victim again.

While driving like a madwoman, Mrs. McCullough was allegedly urging her husband to continue the assault on Herndon. The victim said the female McCullough was saying things like “yeah,” and “get him.”

Once the assault ceded, and the trio were in the middle of nowhere, they dumped Herndon out of the vehicle. Mr. Mc-Cullough threatened Herndon’s life a few times before leaving him. Herndon said he believes they left him to die.

Early January 2019, the couple was arrested and charged with kidnapping. During Mr. McCullough’s arraignment on October 2 is when he realized things just became even more difficult, and he has more charges pending against him.

On July 12, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office received some information about a possible stolen Ford F-250. Upon arriving to the McCullough’s residence, the stolen truck was outside in the yard, along with a stolen welder.

Officers had been unsuccessful in cornering Mr. Mc-Cullough to ask him about the stolen property at his residence. Marshall County Sheriff Danny Cryer took advantage of the fact that McCullough would be at court for the Kidnapping charge to speak to him about the stolen property.

Cryer said he found it interesting that if the truck belonged to McCullough, why had he not reported it stolen. He approached the suspect to find out the answer to that question, along with a few more.

After Cryer read McCullough his rights, the suspect told the Sheriff that “the truck had been at his house for about two years, and the welder had been in his family for a long time, even since the time that his grandfather had died.”

Cryer informed McCullough that both of his “family heirlooms” came back as reported stolen. The suspect countered by saying “there is no way that welder is stolen, I took it off a see-doo trailer and mounted it on the trailer that it was on.”

The sheriff then bursted the suspect’s bubble by informing him that the welder was reported stolen out of Houston, Texas.

While trying to figure out where the Ford truck came from, it became a tad confusing.

“I asked him where he got the red ford pick-up that I had taken from his front yard, and he told me that the truck was brought to his house by Houston Mullinax, who was living at his house for a short time. Bubba also told me that he was inside of Wall-Mart shopping when Houston jumped in that truck and took off, leaving Bubba at the store.”

Cryer was confused until Marshall County Investigator Damon Robinson informed him the truck was stolen from the Walmart in Sherman, Texas.

When Cryer inquired on how a VIN number from a truck registered to McCullough’s dead cousin came to be placed on the stolen truck, he once again blamed Mulllinax.

“Bubba told me that he and Mullinax had been riding 4-wheelers at his ‘grannys’ place and Mullinax could have stolen the VIN sticker from an old truck of Jasons’ that was on the property.”

Mr. McCullough will have his day in court to attempt to sort out who actually stole the truck. An online search showed that Donald McCullough has a warrant for his arrest on two newly listed charges for Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property

Currently, Sara McCullough is being held at the Marshall County Jail on a $56,000 bond. She is facing several felonies; Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Endangering Others While Eluding/Attempting to Elude Police Officer, Kidnapping, Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, and Financial Exploitation by Caretaker.

Donald McCullough bonded out of jail for the first few charges. However, he is facing Kidnapping, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, Financial Exploitation by Caretaker, and the two new counts of Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property.

The online search also shows both defendants have court on October 22 to answer to all the charges. Shelby Shelton out of Oklahoma City is listed as both defendants’ attorney.