Bridgeport Man Assaults Elderly Man For Not Wearing Mask: Report

Bridgeport CT

05 January, 2021

7:11 AM

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BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport man was arrested on charges that he assaulted a 74-year-old man apparently for not wearing a mask at a supermarket, The Connecticut Post reported. Verrol Clarke, 49, of Sanford Avenue was charged with first-degree assault on an elderly person, first-degree reckless endangerment, and refusing to be fingerprinted. He was held on $100,000 bond. The victim suffered bleeding of the brain due to the assault at the Stop & Shop on Main Street. Read the full story in The Connecticut Post.