DEBARY -- A man pulled into his driveway in DeBary Wednesday evening after having just cashed a check when suddenly he was confronted by a woman pointing a gun at him and demanding his money.
When the 50-year-old man didn't respond fast enough, the woman cocked the gun, but at that moment something didn't seem right to the would-be victim, said Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught. The gun had an oddly plastic sound. That prompted the man to fight back. When she tried dashing across the street to escape, he gave chase and tackled her to the ground.
During the struggle he got the weapon from her and hit her on the head with it, causing the fake gun to break into several pieces.The man then called 911 while keeping his assailant pinned down.
The confrontation started at approximately 7:55 p.m. at 13 Volusia Drive. Michael Page later told responding Volusia County Sheriff's deputies that when he drove into his driveway another car pulled in after him.
Haught said that before the man could get out of his car, a woman with a shirt
covering her face got out of the other car, ran up to him, pointed what looked like a regular handgun at him and said, "Give me the money!"
Page stalled for a moment and said, "O.K., I'm trying to get it."
That's when the woman cocked the toy gun and the situation rapidly got out of her control. Page later told deputies that once he had the woman on the ground, she pleaded: "I'm a girl, sir. I'm sorry. Let me go. It won't happen again."
Deputies identified the woman as 22-year-old Cordera Bracy of Orlando. She was charged with armed robbery and possession of cocaine. Bracy was transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.