Overview
- Stockbridge police charged McFarland with second-degree cruelty to children and booked him into the Henry County Jail on Nov. 10, according to records.
- An assistant principal at Creekside Christian Academy reported the incident after noticing blood on the teen’s pants, a police report shows.
- The 15-year-old told staff and officers he was hit with a gaming system cord after receiving an in-school suspension, and an officer documented bruising on his thigh and lower buttocks.
- McFarland posted bond and was released, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said, and the case remains pending.
- 2819 Church said he was immediately suspended and dismissed on Nov. 18, and some of his sermons were removed from the church’s social media while recordings remained on Subsplash.