Street Named After Iraq Veteran and Fallen Deputy Sheriff Brandon Coates

Avalon Park street to be named after fallen deputy
The Orange County Sheriff's Office will hold a naming ceremony at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Avalon Park.
By Arelis R. Hernández
Orlando Sentinel
June 4, 2013

The Orange County Sheriff's Office will hold a ceremony Wednesday to name an Avalon Park street after fallen deputy sheriff Brandon Coates, who was killed by a felon during a Dec. 2010 traffic stop.

Coates' widow, Virginia, and mother, Deborah, are expected to attend the 10 a.m. event along with Sheriff Jerry Demings, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and several others.

The dedication will name a street near the 3700 block of East Avalon Park Boulevard.

Coates, 27, was a member of the Sheriff's Tactical Ant-Crime Unit and regularly patrolled high-crime neighborhoods like the one near South Orange Blossom Trail where he pulled over Brandon Lyals.

Lyals shot and killed Coates, a U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran, following a struggle. The 29-year-old convict later killed himself.
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