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A Logan man charged with offering a handgun to his suicidal friend and telling him to pull the trigger appeared in court on Monday, following his arrest in nearby Box Elder County.

David Schofield, 48, was charged last week in 1st District Court with class A misdemeanor reckless endangerment for giving the gun to the 20-year-old man, who used it to kill himself on June 13.

Schofield is also charged with second-degree felony possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person for having the gun, Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver, despite a 1997 felony conviction in Arizona for aggravated assault.

A $12,500 arrest warrant had been issued for Schofield, who was believed to have fled the state.

Schofield was arrested in Tremonton, said Deputy Cache County Attorney Spencer Walsh, who asked that bail be increased.

"We believe he is a flight risk," Walsh told The Tribune on Tuesday, noting that Schofield has ties to New Mexico and Pennsylvania.

Walsh aired those flight concerns during the Monday court hearing, persuading Judge Brian Cannell to raise Schofield's bail to $100,000. The judge also found Schofield indigent and appointed him a defense attorney.

Another court hearing was set for July 6, at which time a preliminary hearing could be scheduled.

Charging documents state that the man who killed himself had argued with his girlfriend on June 12 and sent text messages to a friend, saying he wanted to end his life. The next morning, the man went with his girlfriend and the friend to Schofield's home "for assistance in dealing with [the victim's] depression issues," according to charges.

The friend and girlfriend both told investigators that Schofield got out revolver, gave it to the 20-year-oldman, who was sitting on the couch. The friend and girlfriend recalled Schofield saying, approximately, "If you want to do it, then pull the trigger."

"At that time, [the 20-year-old] put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger," charges state.

The Tribune typically does not identify suicide victims.

Schofield told police he received the gun from a relative "some time ago" and has kept it in a lock box in his bedroom.

Cache County prosecutor James Swink said last week when charges were filed, "This case cries out for a charge that tells the community this is not appropriate; this is the wrong way to approach a person who's in crisis.

"Call 911, call a family member. Take this person to a safe place. The appropriate action is to find help, not to offer a weapon so they can kill themselves."

Swink said it is the first case he has filed where a suspect allegedly facilitated another person's suicide.

"In a nearly 20-year career, I don't know of any other case like this," he said.