Felony arrest warrant issued for Muldrow man
A felony warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Muldrow man after he reportedly fired a shot at a stray dog and was later found to be on probation.
Christopher D. Laster, 43, was charged on February 21 with a felony count of possess firearms after conviction or during probation and a criminal misdemeanor count of reckless conduct with firearm. Judge Matt Orendorff has set his bond at $15,000 and he is to have no contact with the alleged victim as a condition of his bond.
Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s deputy Daniel Whitus reported he was dispatched to a Muldrow residence on Jan. 29 in reference to a juvenile allegedly being shot at.
The reporting party said their son was at the end of the driveway feeding a stray dog when a man drove by on a motorcycle, turned around in a neighboring yard and then allegedly fired a shot at him on his way back to the house, according to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case.
The reporting party’s son had to then jump through a barbed wire fence to get away, cutting his leg while doing so.
The reporting party, the reporting party’s son, and the neighbor said none of them recognized the man on the motorcycle but they all claimed to have heard the shot. Whitus reported finding a spent 9mm round in the roadway where the dog was shot at.
Sequoyah County Sheriff investigator Dwayne Frizzell assisted Whitus in the case. Frizzell said he went to the location where he saw a dead dog and another dog eating on it. He said the reporting party said that’s why they’d sent their son with food for the dog, according to the affidavit.
The reporting party’s son said he became scared after the man on the motorcycle pulled up, and he didn’t know if the man was shooting at him or something else.
Another witness told authorities Laster was the male driving the motorcycle but believed he’d shot a round in the air to scare away the dog that was eating on the dead dog. The witness also claimed Laster didn’t know anyone was there when he’d allegedly shot at the dog.
According to the affidavit, Laster reportedly lives within a half mile of where the incident occurred.
On February 8, Laster was stopped in a traffic stop where Frizzell spoke with him about the shooting incident. Laster claimed the reporting party contacted him about shooting at the stray dog who was reportedly eating the reporting party’s dead dog. He claimed he waited for the reporting party’s son to be out of the way before shooting at the dog.
He claimed it wasn’t his intention to scare the reporting party’s son when he shot at the dog, and he admitted to firing the weapon from the motorcycle.
Possessing a firearm after conviction or during probation is punishable by imprisonment for one to 10 years, if found guilty of the charge.
