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Band Director Dressed as Santa Claus Allegedly Threatens School
Superintendent
Monday, December 31, 2007
JONESBORO, Ark. - A school band director was ordered to undergo a mental
evaluation after his arrest for allegedly arriving armed with a gun and
dressed as Santa Claus at a school superintendent's home.
Steven Vaughn, 33, was ordered held without bond in the Craighead County
Detention Center after a judge found probable cause for his arrest on
charges of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, residential
burglary and two counts of kidnapping.
Vaughn's lawyer told District Court Judge Keith Blackman that Vaughn was
suicidal, and the judge ordered the Brookland School District band director
to undergo a mental evaluation.
Vaughn also is to appear in court for a bond hearing Jan. 2 and has a Jan.
28 court date in circuit court.
According to a police report, officers were called to the residence of
Brookland Superintendent Kevin McGaughey at 9:30 p.m. Thursday "in reference
to a man in a Santa Claus suit inside" with a gun. Police found McGaughey
and Vaughn bleeding and several items broken on the floor.
Vaughn told police that his wife was working for the school district in
February when she was assaulted by a student but that the superintendent did
not do anything.
The superintendent's son, Nathan McGaughey, said he answered the doorbell
and Vaughn was at the door, wearing a Santa hat, white beard, red sweatshirt
and black pants.
"He advised that the man said 'I did not have a chance to bring you your
Christmas present so I brought it to you,"' police Officer Anthony Zaffarano
said in the report.
The superintendent, who recognized Vaughn, invited the man inside, and
Vaughn put a green container down, pulled out a gun, and ordered the
McGaugheys to get on the floor, police said. Angelia McGaughey, the
superintendent's wife, also was there.
The father and son were able to tackle Vaughn; they fought with him until
the weapon came loose and they held him until authorities arrived.
"They literally fought him all over the living room," police detective Kenny
Oldham said.
Vaughn struck the elder McGaughey with a vase, police said. The
superintendent also sustained cracked ribs.
Police located an unloaded .22-caliber pistol on the front porch. The gun
had seven bullets in the magazine but none in the chamber. They also
collected the container, a cigarette lighter, a gas can containing fuel, a
Santa hat and a fake beard.
In a search of Vaughn's car, police found a 9mm handgun, a magazine with 32
rounds and a smaller magazine with bullets in it.
Vaughn and the elder McGaughey were treated at the local hospital.
Vaughn's wife, Jodie, told police her husband gave her no indication that
evening that he planned to confront the superintendent.
Band Director Dressed as Santa Claus Allegedly Threatens School
Superintendent
Monday, December 31, 2007
JONESBORO, Ark. - A school band director was ordered to undergo a mental
evaluation after his arrest for allegedly arriving armed with a gun and
dressed as Santa Claus at a school superintendent's home.
Steven Vaughn, 33, was ordered held without bond in the Craighead County
Detention Center after a judge found probable cause for his arrest on
charges of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder, residential
burglary and two counts of kidnapping.
Vaughn's lawyer told District Court Judge Keith Blackman that Vaughn was
suicidal, and the judge ordered the Brookland School District band director
to undergo a mental evaluation.
Vaughn also is to appear in court for a bond hearing Jan. 2 and has a Jan.
28 court date in circuit court.
According to a police report, officers were called to the residence of
Brookland Superintendent Kevin McGaughey at 9:30 p.m. Thursday "in reference
to a man in a Santa Claus suit inside" with a gun. Police found McGaughey
and Vaughn bleeding and several items broken on the floor.
Vaughn told police that his wife was working for the school district in
February when she was assaulted by a student but that the superintendent did
not do anything.
The superintendent's son, Nathan McGaughey, said he answered the doorbell
and Vaughn was at the door, wearing a Santa hat, white beard, red sweatshirt
and black pants.
"He advised that the man said 'I did not have a chance to bring you your
Christmas present so I brought it to you,"' police Officer Anthony Zaffarano
said in the report.
The superintendent, who recognized Vaughn, invited the man inside, and
Vaughn put a green container down, pulled out a gun, and ordered the
McGaugheys to get on the floor, police said. Angelia McGaughey, the
superintendent's wife, also was there.
The father and son were able to tackle Vaughn; they fought with him until
the weapon came loose and they held him until authorities arrived.
"They literally fought him all over the living room," police detective Kenny
Oldham said.
Vaughn struck the elder McGaughey with a vase, police said. The
superintendent also sustained cracked ribs.
Police located an unloaded .22-caliber pistol on the front porch. The gun
had seven bullets in the magazine but none in the chamber. They also
collected the container, a cigarette lighter, a gas can containing fuel, a
Santa hat and a fake beard.
In a search of Vaughn's car, police found a 9mm handgun, a magazine with 32
rounds and a smaller magazine with bullets in it.
Vaughn and the elder McGaughey were treated at the local hospital.
Vaughn's wife, Jodie, told police her husband gave her no indication that
evening that he planned to confront the superintendent.
