Police say the woman who accused her boyfriend, a North Charleston Police Officer, of domestic violence is now in jail for trying to kill him and his wife and a young child over the weekend.
Police also say the mistress made up a story about domestic violence against the officer and it was announced earlier Monday that those charges against the involved policeman — Officer Sierra Shivers — have been dismissed because of inconsistencies with Felicia Cooper’s story.
The incident for which Cooper, age 27, was arrested on attempted murder charges happened this weekend. She filed the domestic violence allegations in January and Officer Shivers has been on administrative leave since then, but is now back on duty.
The incident this weekend began when Officer Sierra Shivers told police he was sitting on the couch Saturday night around 9:30 pm with a child watching a basketball game when he heard a knock on the door but didn’t see anyone.
A police report shows that Felicia Cooper knocked a third time and that’s when Shivers’ wife looked out the window and yelled “she has a gun.” The Shivers told police Cooper, who has served in the US Army, then started firing.
Officer Shivers said he took a bat and chased after her and she continued to shoot at him. Cooper eventually disappeared and a neighbor called 911.
WCIV-TV reported that police discovered a bullet hole in a window and found a pistol at a nearby pond.
Police arrested Felicia Cooper on Sunday with the help of the US Marshall’s Task Force.
She is charged with three counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number.
She is being held at the Berkeley County Detention Center and is scheduled to face a bond judge on Monday night.
Meanwhile, earlier Monday, officials announced that Officer Shivers will not be prosecuted for domestic violence. Shivers’ girlfriend, Cooper, who claimed she was pregnant at the time, reported to police that Shivers hit her five times in her face.
Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson says Cooper’s allegations in this case are contradicted by evidence and says her office cannot prove the case against Shivers beyond a reasonable doubt.
During the investigation, Wilson says they found several inconsistencies with Cooper’s claims. Shivers’ girlfriend told officers he hit her while they were driving back from a clinic where she had a medical procedure. She said she was “out of it” and sleepy due to medication and that when she got to the hotel, she fell asleep and didn’t report the alleged assault until she woke up.
The solicitor’s office says they were concerned with the six-hour delay in reporting. Wilson says that while it was not a bar to prosecution, it certainly would be an issue at trial.
The officer who wrote the incident report noted that the victim’s left cheek appeared to be swollen; the same side that she claimed Shivers punched. The deputy who took the report snapped photos of her cheek but detectives reported the injury depicted linear mark down the victim’s face “consistent with a blunt force caused by something with a distinct edge, such as a door, door frame or the like. The injury was from the eyebrow to the chin and did not look like one that could have been caused by a hand or fist,” according to the release.
Cooper also reported being punched during a car ride. She provided an audio recording of the entire ride and the solicitor says it is clear from the audio recording that no physical abuse took place. The State Law Enforcement Division also analyzed the recording and found that it is continuous, unedited and unaltered, according to Wilson.
Officer Shivers was arrested on January 5th and was put on administrative leave pending the outcome of the claims against him. He has returned to work as of Monday.
