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Criminal histories of Coffee men
Laurie K. Blandford/Treasure Coast Newspapers
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Coffee family has turn good famous to law coercion officials over the past 4 decades.
Andrew Coffee Jr. initial was arrested in 1981 at age 18 and convicted of possessing reduction than 20 grams of marijuana. Since then, he’s been arrested 23 times on 31 charges and convicted 8 times, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement records.
The 54-year-old was sitting in an Indian River County Jail dungeon on charges of attempted first-degree murder of an officer, battery on an officer and possession of a arms by a law-breaker when his son, Andrew Coffee III, 37, and grandson Andrew Coffee IV, 23, assimilated him in a jail March 19.
Earlier that day, a search aver served by a sheriff’s Special Weapons and Tactics group during a Coffee residence on 35th Avenue incited into a shooting, pronounced Lt. Eric Flowers. A emissary was grazed by a bullet, and a 21-year-old lady inside a Gifford home died.
In a days following a deadly encounter, as investigators pored over rapist histories of members of a Coffee family, Flowers pronounced he asked around if anyone knew anything of “the first” Andrew Coffee — Andrew Coffee Jr.’s dad and Andrew Coffee IV’s great-grandfather.
He couldn’t find anyone who had interactions with Andrew Coffee and couldn’t find an detain record for him.
So, according to records, it appears the family’s rapist story starts with Coffee Jr.’s 1981 drug detain and conviction.
His other philosophy include possessing cocaine, offered cocaine, battery, aggravated attack with a arms and attempted first-degree murder with a firearm.
The final assign stemmed from a 1993 detain that resulted in a 20-year prison sentence.
“(Coffee Jr.) was in jail for utterly some time from sharpened a crony over a woman,” Flowers said. “They got into a brawl in Gifford.”
He was expelled early in 2005, according to records, though he was arrested about dual months later. That assign was dropped.
Coffee Jr.’s many new detain was Dec. 18, 2015, after he was indicted of pulling a gun and sharpened during a emissary during a trade stop. He’s been in a Indian River County Jail though bail ever since.
His son, Coffee III, 37, has the many endless rapist story in a family, with his initial arrest at age 15, according to FDLE records. From afterwards until a many new incident, Coffee III has been arrested 30 times on 59 charges. He was convicted 14 times.
His philosophy embody trespassing, stalking, driving with a dangling permit as a unreasoning offender, giving a fake name to an officer, facing an officer though assault 5 times and battery on an officer.
“Coffee III has been in and out of jail and jail for utterly some time now,” Flowers said.
His son, Coffee IV, 23, seemed to follow in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, starting with his initial detain in 2007 during age 13, according to FDLE records.
From afterwards until a many new incident, Coffee IV was arrested 16 times on 27 charges and convicted 8 times. His philosophy embody possession of pot with vigilant to sell, make or deliver; fleeing and eluding police; resisting an officer with violence; and battery on an officer.
“I think some of it goes to grandpa and father carrying disastrous interactions with law coercion his whole life,” Flowers said.
One occurrence with Coffee IV that resulted in a Jun 3, 2013, detain was “disturbing,” Flowers said. The youngest Coffee was indicted of punching and spiteful sheriff’s K-9 dog Marco, who had manifest wounds.
Coffee IV pleaded not guilty, though a jury found him guilty of journey or eluding police, facing an officer though assault and causing good mistreat or genocide to a military dog, according to records. He was condemned to scarcely a year in county jail.
“Our new (interactions) with Coffee IV uncover that he has had a inclination for assault opposite law enforcement,” Flowers said. “No honour for law coercion whatsoever.”
After the most new run-in with law coercion Mar 19, Coffee IV was charged with attempted murder of a law coercion officer, possession of a firearm by a felon, sharpened in a home and mixed drug charges; Coffee III faces mixed drug charges, including possession of heroin with vigilant to discharge and possession of tranquil substances.
Both son and father remain in a Indian River County Jail with $307,000 and $93,000 bails, respectively.
Not guileless law coercion expected has been perpetuated by a generations of Coffee group as sheriff’s officials have listened allegations of nuisance from a family for decades, Flowers said.
“Their actions truly tell a story of what’s function here,” Flowers said. “Their continued possession of bootleg narcotics (and) their continued assault opposite law coercion shows that we are in no approach badgering them.
“We are simply perplexing to purify adult a streets, and they continue to dedicate crimes in the area, that we will not tolerate,” Flowers continued. “We’re done.”
CRIMINAL HISTORIES OF COFFEE MEN
ANDREW COFFEE JR., 54
Crime period: 1981-2016
Arrests: 23
Charges: 31
Convictions: 8
ANDREW COFFEE III, 37
Crime period: 1995-2016
Arrests: 30
Charges: 59
Convictions: 14
ANDREW COFFEE IV, 23
Crime period: 2007-2016
Arrests: 16
Charges: 27
Convictions: 8