Willits Man Charged with Kidnapping His Neighbor

UntitledThis is a press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

On 05-01-2016 at approximately 8:50 PM, Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a possible assault in the 6000 block of Big John Road in Willits, California.

Upon arrival the Deputies learned a 64 year-old male and Brett Raymond Cooper had been in a dispute over property for several years.

On 05-01-2016 at approximately 4:00 PM, Cooper arrived at the 64 year-old male’s home armed with a 12-gauge shotgun. Cooper threatened to kill the 64 year-old male and then discharged a round through a window near where the 64 year-old male was sitting. Cooper then held the 64 year-old male at gunpoint and forced him to lay face down on a bed.  Copper held the gun to the 64 year-old male’s head and threatened to kill him before discharging a round into the bedroom wall.

Cooper forced the 64 year-old male to open his gun safe, taking two shotguns and two handguns with him before leaving the home. After Cooper drove away, the 64 year-old male went to a nearby residence and called law enforcement.

Cooper was subsequently arrested for kidnapping, reckless discharge of a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats.

Cooper was booked into the Mendocino County Jail where he was to be held in lieu of $600,000.00 bail.

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Tired of it
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Tired of it
7 years ago

In Humboldt, that’d be like $25,000 bail, then released the next day anyway.

Life is Good
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Life is Good
7 years ago
Reply to  Tired of it

Then placed on informal probation with a search clause.

Wondering
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Wondering
7 years ago

Must have been some dispute…. thankfully the older gentleman was not shot.

Hick
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Hick
7 years ago

That guy looks like “Notso Super Mario”.

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
7 years ago

What an idiot. Had the older man kept his weapons more handy, this could have ended a lot differently. Keep your weapons cleaned and ready, folks. Anyone who enters your home with a weapon is a target to be taken down. Ask questions, later.

Life is Good
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Life is Good
7 years ago

They missed the armed robbery charge.