Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Two tour Iraq vet charged after Andover VFW fracas

Local Iraq vet charged after Andover VFW fracas
By Keith Eddings
Staff Writer
Gloucester Daily Times
July 18, 2012

A former National Guard medic and Gloucester resident who served two tours in Iraq spent his wedding night in jail.

The veteran spent the weekend in lockup after being accused of assaulting three men — including one at least 65 years old — in a downstairs bar at a Veterans of Foreign Wars banquet hall in North Andover.

Philip Brooks, 32, a former North Andover resident now living in Gloucester, was arrested Saturday in an area hotel and charged with two counts of assault and battery and one count of assault and battery of a person over 65 with a dangerous weapon, North Andover Police Lt. Charles Gray said.
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