Update: You probably want to familiarize yourselves with the details on this one, but basically James and Gabrielle Bracken steered their wild crazytrain all over Northeast Ohio last year, leaving strewn in their wake a series of odd situations including stolen hospital equipment, a bomb scare, and finally, capping the show, a false rape allegation.
Luckily, a courtroom has stepped in and smacked this situation upside the head with some common sense by compensating the poor guy who bore the brunt of the Bracken’s insanity, Clevelander Joseph Melendez. The couple accused Melendez of trying to rape Gabrielle, a charge that police found eventually to be complete fantasy.
This week, Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery awarded Melendez a $1.5 million judgment after the wrongly accused brought a civil action against the couple, according to his attorney Larry Zukerman. James Bracken is currently in jail waiting to criminal charges for the false accusation. His wife is MIA.
For more details on the Brackens and their scheme involving Melendez, check out the original story below
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Everybody has a bad month here and there, but your average 30 days of rough luck have got nothing on one young Sheffield couple’s last September. Stolen medical equipment, fake explosive devices, rape schemes — all in a month’s work.
James and Gabrielle Bracken, 27 and 18, are by far the most badshit crazy pair of lovebirds since celebrity trainwreck Randy and Evi Quaid. Without TMZ screen time and Vanity Fair spreads, however, it’s just sad. The Chronicle-Telegram has an article up following the insane footsteps of this hometown Sid and Nancy. Props to the paper for uncovering this strange, strange story.
First, we lay our scene in Mayfield Heights, at Hillcrest Hospital last September. The couple were on site to see James’ mother, who was in the intensive care unit. The paper reports James, a Sheffield firefighter and EMS, was being a pain, telling the staff how to do their jobs. He got upset, went outside, and the staff alerted police.
This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2011.
What a couple of crazy kids. They must have been on something. In what parallel universe is it constructive to bully people working to save one’s mother’s life? If he can rationalize that, he probably has a good reason for stealing medical supplies and drawing a blade on police. I’m pretty sure he didn’t care about the possible effect of his actions on other patients in the unit.
Hopefully, after he’s dismissed from his job, he’ll get plenty of time to reflect on his actions in one of our fine penal institutions.
I can see a movie coming out soon. The prequel to Dumb and Dumber…”The Parents”.
i hope there’s drugs involved because that would be about the only excuse. and the ages here- 27 and 18?!! i’ll bet her parents are just thrilled.
Why don’t all you fuckers get all your facts straight before writing stories and comments. This is someone’s family we are talking about and unless you are a part of that family you can shut the fuck up about what you think and your gossip. Also to the writer, this is the shittiest story I have ever read, congratulations. Next time try thinking a little before you decide on what to write your story on. I’m sorry your life is so pathetic that this is the only thing you could think of to write about. I hope you learn to have a heart before you lose complete sight of what’s important in life.
“You probably want TO familiarize …”
Just a thought: proofread.
And then Joe Melendez became Seph Lawless. They should have gutted him like a fish when they had a chance.
Nice way to degrade my sister gabrielle, and when she went “mia” she was actually in the icu on life support for 1.5 years because of the psychopath Jimmy.. Who bluntly beat her in the back of the head with a cell phone.. Then layed her out to she on the highway to die.. Yes the allegations are wrong because when your a prisoner to your husband what else do you do… My sister is now 24 had a beautiful baby boy and changed her life because James almost took it away from her because of the situations. It is sick how you put your false information together.