Cocoa Police Standoff with one of their own

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - An off-duty Cocoa Police Department officer who was arrested after he barricaded himself in his home following a domestic incident made his first court appearance Thursday, deputies said.

Patrick Kelly, 39, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault/domestic violence with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm on residential property.

He has previous charges of Domestic Assault from 2017 that got dropped by the DA.