By Mindy Ragan Wood
News Editor
A former Okarche police reserve officer who was charged with pointing a firearm at a family following a road rage incident pleaded guilty in exchange for a deferred sentence.
Brandon Cooper accused then reserve officer Loggan Johnson of pointing his gun at him and his girlfriend. Cooper claimed he was driving west on NW 23rd Street near Drexel Avenue on Feb. 22, 2019 around 9 a.m. He said they had to stop because a black Dodge Dart was stopped in the middle of the street, the report showed.
The Dodge was trying to back into the driveway of a home on NW 23rd. Cooper told the officer that he honked his horn at the Dodge and that’s when the driver rolled down his window and “flipped him off ,” the report stated. His girlfriend rolled down her window and flipped off the driver.
Cooper said he drove around the Dodge and continued west on the street until he stopped with traffic. He claims that the driver caught up to them, pulled up beside them and pointed a “black semi-automatic pistol at him and his family,” according to the report.
Johnson matched the description of the man in the Dodge Dart and an Okarche Police SUV was parked at the same residence.
Immediately following the accusation Johnson resigned as an OPD reserve officer.
Johnson’s case appeared to strengthen after Cooper’s girlfriend misidentified him during an Oklahoma County District Court hearing. Johnson’s attorney Irvin Box told the Okarche Warrior the woman pointed to Box’s son instead of Johnson.
Johnson was scheduled for a jury trial October 21, but he pleaded guilty Oct. 16. He received a five-year deferred sentence and will serve alternating weekends in the Oklahoma County jail. He is ordered to pay more than $400 in fines and other court costs. He will appear in Oklahoma County District Court December 2 to begin paying his fines or face a warrant for his arrest.
If Johnson does not violate the terms of his deferred sentence, Box said Johnson would not have a felony record and could apply to have his law enforcement certifications reinstated.
“I believe that would be up to CLEET (Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training),” Box said.
“He will not have a felony record.”
