CAPTAIN ACCUSES FIRE CHIEF OF SLAP.Byline: Theresa Moreau Daily News Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police and fire officials said Monday they are investigating a report that a battalion chief slapped a captain at the site of a bomb threat in North Hollywood. Fire Capt. Craig Brewster Craig James Brown Brewster (born 13 December, 1966) is a Scottish professional footballer and manager. He is the current player-manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Early career Brewster was born in Stobswell, Dundee and grew up a Dundee United supporter. filed the complaint with police, saying that Battalion Chief Bruce Barber Bruce Barber (born in New Zealand) is an artist, writer, curator, and educator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches at NSCAD University. His artwork has been shown at the Paris Biennale, the Sydney Biennial, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Walter Phillips struck him Sept. 3, authorities said. Brewster told investigators that Barber ``grabbed him by his jacket, striking him once to the right side of the face with an open hand,'' said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Phil Toledo of North Hollywood. Brewster, 43, of Northridge, said the attack was unprovoked and that it occurred as Barber briefed his crew on the circumstances of the bomb threat. ``In midstream mid·stream n. 1. The middle part of a stream. 2. The part of a course that is neither at the beginning nor at the end: the midstream of life. Noun 1. , he grabbed me and slapped me across the face, then released me and just continued on,'' Brewster said in an interview. Assistant Chief Michael Fulmis said the Fire Department is investigating but declined further comment. The incident occurred Sept. 3 when Brewster's Battalion 14 was called to the 4500 block of Tujunga Avenue to help a police bomb squad. |
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