Prosecutors have filed three felony charges against a woman whose alleged threats of violence at a Dover youth football practice prompted a school security alert and her arrest last month.
Randa Dawnyelle McCoy, 34, was formally charged October 21, more than six weeks after officers arrested her at Dover High School. New court records also show that her bond has been reduced from $10,000 cash to $1,500, with strict conditions requiring GPS-monitored home detention.
The charges stem from a series of phone calls on September 8 involving McCoy, her estranged husband and another woman.
According to the original police affidavit obtained during the investigation, the woman was attending her children’s pee wee football practice that evening when McCoy allegedly began making threats during calls with her estranged husband.
In one call around 7:11 p.m., McCoy allegedly told her estranged husband, “Tell them your wife is gonna come kill them all at the next practice.”
The affidavit described additional threats against the woman and her family, including graphic statements about violence and a claim that McCoy had already paid someone to kill the woman.
Because the threats referenced a future football practice, authorities notified Dover Public Schools. School police circulated McCoy’s photograph to district employees and instructed staff to watch for her at building entrances.
Around 1:10 p.m. the next day, McCoy attempted to enter Dover High School, reportedly to check out a child. School employees immediately contacted school police. She was arrested before entering the building and transported to the Pope County Detention Center.
At a September 11 bond hearing, Judge Deidre Luker set her bond at $10,000 cash only and ordered her to stay away from the individuals involved in the alleged threats and all Dover school property.
On October 21, prosecutors filed four charges against McCoy, including three felonies.
The most serious charge, threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property, is punishable by three to 10 years in prison.
McCoy also faces two separate counts of first-degree terroristic threatening and one misdemeanor count of harassing communications.
The formal filing comes as a new court-approved arrangement could allow McCoy to await further proceedings outside jail.
A revised custodial plan was approved on October 16, with prosecutors offering no objection to the arrangement.
McCoy can now post a $1,500 cash bond, but she must live with her mother in Clarksville and remain under GPS-monitored home detention through City of Faith. She must remain in Johnson County, with exceptions for attorney visits and court appearances.
As of October 22, McCoy was no longer listed on the Pope County Detention Center roster.
