Credit: Bristol Twp. Police
In district court on Wednesday, a prosecutor played a threatening voicemail they alleged a 35-year-old Philadelphia man left for a Bristol Township detective in May.
The voicemail along with testimony from defendant Bartholomew Weaver’s brother and a detective were enough to have District Judge Joanne Kline forward charges of harassment and terroristic threats onto Doylestown for trial.
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The roughly minute-long message is filled with a string of expletives and threats against Bristol Township police and a school.
“Yo, yo, yo, motherf**ker. Remember me, motherf**er?” the message starts out with.
When referring to the police station, which is housed in the Bristol Township Municipal Building on Bath Road, Weaver said: “I’m gonna, I’m gonna blast that f**king place up. Twelve f**cking mortar rounds in that b*itch, motherf**ker.” He added, the “school around there’s next.”
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The messages were left for Detective Jason Callahan late on the night of Friday, May 2. The number the call came from was unblocked and easily available via caller ID, police said.
Weaver’s brother, Ed Weaver of Levittown, noted in court testimony the voice on the other end of the message sounded like his brother.
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“He doesn’t usually talk that way, but it is his voice,” Ed Weaver said.
Callahan testified investigators were able to trace trace the call back to Bartholomew Weaver’s cell phone using the department’s in-house computer system. Authorities also used a court order to obtain records from Bartholomew Weaver’s cell phone provider.
Bristol Township police were involved in “multiple prior incidents” involving Bartholomew Weaver leading up to the phone message, Callahan said. Court documents show the 35 year old was cited twice by police for domestic related issues.
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The detective testified Bartholomew Weaver called the police station between six and 12 times before leaving the voicemail.
Bartholomew Weaver is currently free on 10 percent of $5,000 bail.
