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Andrew Coffee IV seemed before Judge Joe Wild Jul 21, 2017. ANDREW ATTERBURY/TCPALM
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — In a arise of a grand jury indictment, Andrew Coffee IV stood in front of a decider Friday, indicted of two new charges stemming from a lethal Mar drug raid in Gifford.
Coffee, 23, was arraigned on charges of first-degree attempted murder of a law-enforcement officer and second-degree murder with a firearm.
No bond was set on a attempted murder charge; a $300,00 bond was set for a murder charge.
Speaking to Indian River County Judge Joe Wild from a video tide during a county jail, Coffee voiced regard no bond was set on one of a charges.
A $250,000 bond was set for any of Coffee’s dual prior charges of first-degree attempted murder of a law-enforcement officer.
“It unequivocally doesn’t make clarity during all,” Coffee said. “I only wish to state that on a record.”
Coffee now has 6 charges opposite him after the March 19 sheriff’s drug raid during his home in Gifford.
On Mar 20, Coffee was charged with attempted first-degree murder of a law coercion officer by a firearm, possession of a firearm or ammunition by a law-breaker and sharpened or throwing a lethal barb (bullet). The state on Apr 19 combined a second assign of attempted first-degree murder of a law coercion officer by a firearm.
Bond was set April 19 for a progressing charges — $540,000 total.
A grand jury indicted Coffee Wednesday with contributing to a sharpened genocide of his girlfriend, Alteria Woods, 21, who was shot during a raid. The grand jury also indicted him on a third attempted murder charge.
He was arraigned on those dual charges Friday.
Coffee suggested Friday a mechanism blunder led to a preference opposite environment bond for one of his new charges.
Coffee’s subsequent justice date is a standing hearing Sept. 5, Wild said, during that the prosecution and invulnerability will plead with a decider if they are prepared to go to trial.
Wild on Friday asked if Jacob Noble, partner open defender, who filed Coffee’s notice of appearance, was representing him.
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Criminal histories of Coffee men
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Coffee pronounced he hasn’t met Noble.
“I don’t even know, your honor,” Coffee said.
Michael Marsh, who has been behaving as a orator for a Coffee and Woods families via a case, attended a conference with Yolanda Woods, mom of Alteria Woods.
Outside of a courtroom, Marsh pronounced Yolanda Woods was distraught by a charges brought opposite Coffee Friday.
“We knew we would be unsuccessful here,” Marsh said.
Supporters will continue to criticism and convene in support of Coffee and Woods, Marsh said.
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About 100 village members collected Sunday, Jun 4, 2017, to attend in a convene for clarity in a sharpened genocide of Alteria Woods during a drug raid conducted by a Indian River County Sheriff’s Office in March. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM
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SWAT group members with a hunt aver on Mar 19 closed in on a tiny residence in a 4500 retard of 35th Avenue. One yelled they were outside, according to justice records.
By a time a raid ended, gunfire from inside a residence had harmed a deputy. Gunfire finished in a genocide of a lady inside, Alteria Woods. She died of mixed gunshot wounds, according to her genocide certificate.
Afterward, Coffee was arrested and charged with attempted murder of a law-enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a felon.
His father, Andrew Coffee III, was arrested on drug possession charges after a raid.
The deputies and an Indian River Shores military officer on a SWAT group have given returned to work.
None of a officers — who dismissed their weapons during an sell of gunfire with Coffee — were indicted, according to a grand jury’s ruling.
Marsh criticized the grand jury’s decision, and how deputies and a officer have returned to work.
“When deputies can go behind to work 11 days later — business as usual — that’s a frightful thought,” Marsh said.
“Andrew Coffee did not kill Alteria Woods,” Marsh said.
Charges opposite Andrew Coffee IV
- Attempted first-degree murder of a law coercion officer by a firearm — $250,000 bail
- Attempted first-degree murder of a law coercion officer by a firearm — $250,000 bail
- Possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon — $15,000 bail
- Shooting or throwing a lethal missile — $25,000 bail
- Attempted first-degree murder of a law coercion officer by a firearm — No bail
- Second-degree murder with a firearm — $300,000 bail
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Interview with Towanna Ruffin, mom of Andrew Coffee, 23.
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