The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office deputy previously placed on administrative leave after failing to report damage to a patrol vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit-and-run, according to Mendocino County Jail bookings.
On Sunday, May 25, Marcis R. McCarty, 31, of Willits, was “booked and released” into Mendocino County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, vandalism and hit-and-run with property damage.
According to the charging documents filed in Mendocino County Superior Court, McCarty’s co-defendant is Davina R. Gurley, 28, of Covelo, who was charged with DUI, and also “booked and released” from the county jail on the same day.
In a press release detailing the incident that led to McCarty’s arrest, the MCSO previously reported that around 6 p.m. April 24, a sergeant “arrived to work at the Willits Substation and noticed damage to a county-owned patrol vehicle” that had not been reported by the deputy assigned to the vehicle, “pursuant to Sheriff’s Office policy and procedures.”
Since MCSO patrol vehicles “are equipped with video-recording devices, the footage was reviewed by the Sheriff’s Sergeant, (who) learned the Sheriff’s Deputy had operated the vehicle while off duty and drove the county vehicle to a bar in the city of Willits. While driving the vehicle in Willits, the off-duty Sheriff’s Deputy collided with a guardrail on Sherwood Road, causing damage to the passenger side of the vehicle.”
The MCSO reports that the matter was then “immediately reported to the California Highway Patrol Garberville Office to investigate the traffic collision, damage to the guardrail and county-owned patrol vehicle, hit and run incident, reckless driving, and the possibility of the off-duty Deputy driving under the influence. The California Highway Patrol is actively investigating this incident with the assistance of an Investigator from the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office.”
The MCSO described McCarty at the time only as a resident of Willits “who has worked for the Sheriff’s Office for over 3 years and has held assignments in the Patrol and Corrections Divisions,” explaining that his name is “being withheld at this time to protect the integrity of the ongoing criminal investigation. The Sheriff’s Deputy involved in this incident was immediately placed on paid administrative leave with his peace-officer status suspended while this matter is being investigated.”
McCarty was introduced as a new deputy sheriff in a Facebook post in June of 2022, in which the MCSO reported that “Deputy Sheriff Marcis McCarty completed the 23-week College of the Redwoods basic law enforcement academy in Eureka, and was officially sworn in as Deputy Sheriff in the Field Services Division on June 13 (2022). Soon he will embark on an 18-week field training program before being eligible to perform the duties of a solo Deputy Sheriff.”
McCarty and Gurley are scheduled to be arraigned on June 2 at 9 a.m. in Mendocino County Superior Court in Ukiah.
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