ASSAULT, ROBBERY CHARGES

A Stratford man who was part of a group of people who allegedly beat a man and stole his cellphone following St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Stamford was charged with second-degree assault and robbery.

Nico Ramos, 22, was held on $50,000 bond following his arrest Monday.

According to his arrest affidavit, police were called to Brother Jimmy’s BBQ at 1:15 a.m. March 3 on the report of an assault that had just taken place.

Officers were met by a 26-year-old Stamford man who was suffering from a bloody nose and multiple bruises around his eyes and on his head.

The man told them three men and two woman attacked him in the parking lot behind Tigin Irish Pub next to the Bedford Street garage. The man said his iPhone 8 cellphone and its case were also missing after the assault occurred.

The man told police the group fled in a white car .

A few minutes later, a white Honda Accord was stopped by Westport police between Interstate 95 Exits 18 and 19, heading northbound in Westport. Inside the car were two women, Ramos and another man; they were uncooperative and cursing at officers, claiming to have no knowledge of any fight that happened in Stamford.

But officers found a cellphone on the front passenger-side floor that belonged to the Stamford man. Ramos had fresh blood on his hands and knuckles.