AKRON, Ohio — For a year, an Akron woman said she lived without her sense of security after Akron Police drove through the fence on her property during a chase.

Shelly Gladman requested assistance from the city of Akron to rebuild her fence.

Gladman says she couldn't get an answer and turned to social media for help.

That's when two Akron contractors, Jacob Pridgen and Osikena Okolo, who own Brotherhood Enterprise Inc., came out to Shelly's house and got the fence back up in a day, for free. Gladman says the two men not only restored her sense of security but also her faith in humanity.

"The gentlemen who were involved with this, what they did for me, it was worth more than what the city could ever pay me," said Gladman.

The weekend of October 4, 2025, the City of Akron confirmed it s

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