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By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
December 23, 2010
10 p.m.
SANTA ANA – Oh man. This is totally bizarre. Call this one...."What was she thinkin?" or "Former City First Lady Gone Wild." Your pick....
Brinda Sue McCoy, the former "First Lady" of Cypress, has been charged with seven felony's for shooting at responding police officers after calling 911 and initiating a dramatic stand-off with members of the Police Department her husband Frank oversaw when he served as both a Councilman and Mayor of Cypress. Incredible. What was she thinking?
Mrs. McCoy, 47, is charged with five felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm on a peace officer and two felony counts of discharging a firearm with gross negligence with sentencing enhancements for the personal discharge of a firearm. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 58 years in state prison. The defendant is being held on $250,000. McCoy’s arraignment date and time are to be determined.
At approximately 7:00 p.m. on Dec. 16, 2010, McCoy is accused of calling 911 and stating she needed assistance. Responding Cypress Police Department officers attempted to get McCoy to come out of her residence. McCoy is accused of refusing to leave her house, pointing a firearm at her head, and then at the ceiling before pointing it directly at officers outside. Police warned the defendant that if she fired her weapon, she would harm police officers. McCoy is accused of firing the gun twice at police officers who were stationed behind two parked vehicles outside the defendant’s home. SWAT stopped McCoy using a bean bag gun.
As I mentioned, and as just about every active resident of Cypress is well aware of, Brinda McCoy is married to Frank McCoy, who served eight years on the Cypress City Council, including being mayor.
On top of that, Frank is the current chief of the Oceanside Police Department in San Diego County. I can't even imagine what Chief McCoy is thinking this week. My thoughts are with him and the McCoy family tonight....
I welcome a statement from the McCoy family and will post it here on my blog. They can drop me a note to economy4ABC.Blogspot.com@gmail.com.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Olivieri of the Special Prosecutions Unit is prosecuting this case.
So, time to sound off. What do you think about this case? Is "justice" going to prevail, or what is your "version" of justice in this case? I will keep you posted on this case. BTW. I use to be the Public Information Officer for the City of Cypress back in the mid 1980's. Cypress is a great community, and I can imagine that lots of people are concerned about this situation. All I can say is, that GOODNESS no MEMBERS of the Cypress Police Department was injured in this case.
2 comments:
I believe that you are confusing two different Frank McCoys. The official bio of Mayor & Councilman Frank McCoy does not at all match the official bio of Oceanside Police Chief Frank McCoy.
Hey cehwiedel. Yep Brinda is the former first lady of Cypress. "Official" Bio's get changed all the time. Maybe he is trying to "forget" about his past. How you been. Love your SITE! xxxooo Randy
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