UPDATE:
All charges against Michael Vincent Bellettiere were dismissed at his preliminary hearing.
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Original Story:
Bristol Township police have arrested one man they say stabbed another on State Road.
Croydon’s Michael Vincent Bellettiere, 47, was charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault, two misdemeanor counts of simple assault, and other charges for possessing an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering another person and harassment. He was arraigned on Sunday morning by District Judge Jan Vislosky and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $150,000 bail.
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According to police record, police were dispatched to the 800 block of State Road late Saturday night for a reported stabbing. According to the victim, the man who stabbed him, identified as Bellettiere, had fled after the incident. While en route to the scene, a call came in from Belletiere. While he would not give his location to police, he stated he had been assaulted by a friend he claimed was intoxicated.
When officers arrived at the scene, they observed the victim, whose left arm of his hoodie appeared to be wet with blood. “He started to roll up his sleeve and blood started to drip out,” police wrote in a probable cause affidavit.
The victim told police that Bellettiere, “who was strung out or something”, was putting oil in a car outside. When the victim confronted him, the two got in a pushing match and Bellettiere stabbed him. The victim stated the knife came from Bellettiere’s key chain. Bellettiere then ran off after he called the victim’s friend for a ride and the man said no, according to court records.
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Police later found Bellettiere at the Croydon 7-Eleven.
According to court documents, when police located Bellettiere, he was wearing a black hoodie with keys hanging from his neck by a black band. When Bellettiere started to tell police what happened, he reached for his keys and was instructed by police to let them remove them from his neck. An orange handled knife was found on the chain and blood was found on the blade.
Bellettiere remains in the Bucks County Correctional Facility. His preliminary hearing is scheduled with District Judge Frank Peranteau for April 15.
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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.
