A 50-year-old man was charged in an attack that knocked another man unconscious in Bristol Township over the weekend.
Otis Lewis of Bristol was charged Saturday with simple assault and harassment followed an incident at 5:38 p.m. in the area of Winder Drive and Veterans Highway (Route 413.)
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A man told a responding police officer Lewis, a man he knew from visiting a local homeless camp, attacked him while he was on his bicycle.
“The victim stated he and Lewis was riding their bikes on Veterans Highway southbound on the shoulder when Lewis for an unknown reason approached him and pushed him off his bicycle,” an affidavit of probable cause reads.
After being pushed off the bicycle, Lewis picked him up from the ground by his legs and dropped him to the pavement, according to court papers. The officer noted the man struck his head on the ground and was knocked unconscious until passing motorists assisted him off the road and onto the sidewalk.
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A witness told police she observed a man matching Lewis’ description attack the man, court papers say.
Police conducted a search of the area and spotted Lewis riding his mountain bicycle as he left the nearby homeless camp.
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Lewis lied about his name at first and then was arrested, police said. A search of a database showed an officer Lewis was wanted on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on a child support matter.
The Lower Bucks Rescue Squad arrived and took the injured man to Aria Hospital’s Frankford-Torresdale as a trauma patient. Police said the man suffered from lacerations to his head and also serious neck and back pain.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
