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Associated Press
January 6, 2010
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.
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Man stabs neighbour with shovel over chess dispute!
Cops: Chess flap led to Conn. snow-shovel stabbing
Associated Press
January 6, 2010
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.
Authorities say a simmering dispute over a chess game prompted one Connecticut man to stab another in the stomach with a plastic snow shovel.
Bridgeport police spokesman Detective Keith Bryant says 39-year-old Robert Spears was seriously wounded Tuesday night and that 46-year-old Ronald Swinton was arrested.
Bryant says the friends were fighting over money owed for a chess match that occurred weeks ago, and that Swinton’s shovel caught Spears at just the right angle to gash his abdomen.
Swinton was charged with first-degree assault and breach of peace, and was presented in Bridgeport Superior Court on Wednesday. It could not immediately be determined who is representing him.
Spears underwent surgery at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport and was in serious condition Wednesday
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I don’t make these stories up! This shovel does not look like much, but it will serve very well if you want to do in your chess opponent!
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