Trial of man in Stoddard County police standoff scheduled for December

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Bloomfield man charged in connection with a November standoff will stand trial in December, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Danny W. Pullum, 50, of Bloomfield, will stand trial Dec. 11 before Judge Stephen Sharp.

Since May, Pullum has been awaiting the results of a mental evaluation in Farmington, Mo. The results reportedly stated that Pullum was capable of standing trial.

Pullum faces four counts of armed criminal action, two counts of assault of a law enforcement officer, one count each of making a terrorist threat, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest.

He is housed in the Stoddard County Jail with no bond.

The standoff at his residence reportedly began with a call to the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department reporting Pullum in his yard firing rifles over houses and trees.

Pullum reportedly aimed a rifle at the first officer on the scene and threatened him with "leave now and don't die."

Deputies and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded immediately, and Pullum locked himself inside his home on Route AB in rural Bloomfield.

Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said that immediately after arriving on the scene, officers began evacuating neighbors and telling them to stay away until the situation was under control.

The standoff lasted for several hours and resulted in the Sikeston, Mo., police SWAT team firing tear gas into the home to flush Pullum out.

Officers seized four assault rifles, two pistols and numerous rounds of ammunition from the residence.