NJ Man Has Standoff Over Mom's Foreclosed House

John Brennan was arrested after drawing a gun on sheriff's officers who had come to move items out of his 88-year-old mother's foreclosed home in Saddle Brook, NJ. His mother was unable to pay off her refinancing payments and the home was sold at auction in May. When movers and officers arrived yesterday, Brennan refused to let them into the house, wielding a .22-caliber gun. Eventually, the officers were able to calm Brennan down. Charges are pending against the 60-year-old; his mother was taken away in an ambulance. A mover told the Bergen Record, "I don't want to have any more experiences like this again."

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By Jen Chung in News on August 13, 2008 12:10 PM

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Rfive

The mom may have been sick, which is why the 60 yr. old lived with her.

Send him to Georgia if he is so itching for a fight...

smh

this country has jumped the shark. we're idiots being led by morons being swindled by self-interested & short-sighted douchebags.

we deserve to have the Chinese, Europeans & Middle Easterners own our collective asses.

NannyState

You don't evict 88 year olds, you just quietly wait for them to die.

so1337

I can only imagine if this gets worse in the south. sad that it came to this.

#2 . well said.

JacqueMehoff

next time it won't be a .22,

claymores. time to stock up like it's Y2K again.

Shinobi Shaw

And this is just the beginning!

Splicer

You mean George W. Bush and his bestest pal Jesus aren't coming out of the sky to help these people? May be bankers who got rich off of the debacle that is our economy develop flesh eating diseases.