(Photo Courtesy of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, PA) Yesterday was when witnesses testified during the trial in Beaver County for Brett Ours of Aliquippa, who is accused of attacking Preston Coleman at the Aliquippa VFW 3577 bar on January 5th, 2025. Specifically, Ours is accused of allegedly assaulting and strangling Coleman for about a half an hour at the bar located at 211 Penn Avenue as well as hitting him with a bar stool. The charges for Ours include aggravated assault and attempted homicide. Coleman, who was in a wheelchair in the courtroom, testified during the trial and Ours’ ex-girlfriend also testified. Coleman told the jury that he thought he was going to die and that Ours said he was going to kill him. Ours’ ex-girlfriend told the jury that she and Ours went to the VFW on the night of the attack of Coleman to have a few drinks and they were talking with Coleman, whom she said they had never met before and when a discussion started over a shooting that happened less than 24 hours earlier at a nearby bar, she said Ours became agitated and then started beating him. Police confirm that Ours repeatedly strangled, kicked and punched the victim for 30 minutes, slammed a barstool over his head and pressed it against his throat. Ours’ ex-girlfriend also said that Ours had a knife on him that night, he had given it to her at some point and then asked for it back but she refused because she was afraid he was going to use it. According to Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible, if Ours is convicted, he faces at least ten years in prison. Prosecutors are expected to rest their case sometime today.
