Ukiah man found guilty of assault with chain

A Ukiah man was found guilty of assaulting someone with a chain, the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office reported.

According to the office of DA David Eyster, defendant Timmy K. Cooper, 61, formerly of Ukiah, was on trial last week in Mendocino County Superior Court, accused of breaking someone's arm with a chain on Gobbi Street in Ukiah. According to Mendocino County Jail records, Cooper was booked on Sept. 3, 2022, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, after being arrested by the Ukiah Police Department.

The DA'S Office notes that Cooper was “convicted of felony assault with a deadly weapon, a chain, (and) the jury also found true a sentencing enhancement that the defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim, to wit, a broken arm.”

Following the conviction, the DA'S Office notes that, “based on certified records entered into evidence by the prosecutor, the court found true allegations alleged by the District Attorney in the charging document that the defendant has suffered four prior Strike convictions: residential burglary, two counts of robbery in Los Angeles County, and a bank robbery using a deadly weapon in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.”

Cooper's sentencing is scheduled for Friday, April 14 in Ukiah, and the DA explains that the defendant could face a sentence of “up to 43 years to life” in prison.

The DA thanked the UPD and the “District Attorney's own Bureau of Investigations for its work on the case, and a special thank you is extended to the emergency department doctor who testified before the jury as to the nature and extent of the victim's injury.”