Levittown Man That Drove Into Courthouse Arrested For Allegedly Choking Daughter

According to Falls Township police officers, they were called  Saturday afternoon at the Bel Aire trailer park located on Bristol Pike for reports of possible child abuse.

When officers arrived, according to a probable cause affidavit, they spoke with both the victim’s mother, who advised officers that the two 11-year-old girls had been inside an RV owned by Levittown resident William Shaw when an altercation ensued. Shaw allegedly put his hands around one of the girls necks. When the other girl tried to help her sister, who is Shaw’s daughter, she was reportedly thrown to the ground.

Court documents noted the girls were able to break Shaw’s grasp and that is when they ran to their mother for help.

Shaw, 54, was arrested and charged with simple assault, endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person, and harassment. He was arraigned and released on $25,000 unsecured bail.

Shaw spent time in jail last year when he backed his SUV into the front doors of Judge Jan Vislosky’s court room in Fallsington before fleeing down New Falls Road. Police said the impact led to roughly $5,000 in damage. Shaw later returned to the scene of the crime with an odor of alcohol coming from his breath and became “deceptive” when Sgt. Sven Beauchmin asked where his vehicle was, according to court paperwork.

Court records show Shaw was paroled from jail last September and ordered not to enter businesses that service alcohol and he needed to seek evaluation and treatment for mental health and intoxicating substances.

Shaw awaits a preliminary hearing set for August 19.