De Luz woman sentenced to 18 years for shooting neighbor

VISTA – A De Luz woman who shot and wounded a neighbor during a confrontation over a disputed easement road between their rural properties northwest of Fallbrook was sentenced on June 2 to 18 years in prison.

Alyce Ann Copeland, 64, pleaded guilty earlier this year to an attempted murder charge and firearm and great bodily injury allegations.

Sheriff's officials said Copeland was sitting in a chair on the contested right-of-way in the 42200 block of Tenaja Truck Trail, blocking it, when 65-year-old Thomas Wessels and his wife Kathleen drove up shortly before 5 p.m. last July 10.

The couple got...