(Photo of Brett Ours Courtesy of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The main suspect of an attack on Preston Coleman that occurred at the Aliquippa VFW Post 3577 bar on January 5th, 2025 has waived his arraignment. Brett Ours of Aliquippa was accused of allegedly assaulting and strangling Coleman for about a half an hour there as well as hitting him with a bar stool that day. The charges for Ours include aggravated assault and attempted homicide. Ours appeared in court for the first time after that crime on May 22nd, 2025 and he and his defense attorney walked out after an objection by Ours to not play the video of the incident was overruled by a judge. The trial for Ours will be on October 27th, 2025.