UPDATED: 12:34 p.m., Friday, September 11:
Middletown police released the following BOLO for Craig Boston Friday:
Boston is wanted by Middletown Township Police for attempted murder. On Sunday, Sept. 6, at about 2:23pm, Boston repeatedly stabbed a female victim outside the Macy’s department store at the Oxford Valley Mall. He fled the scene prior to police arrival. The female victim had an active protection from abuse order against Boston at the time of the incident. Boston has several potential addresses including in Bensalem and several in Philadelphia. He may frequent the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission on N. 13th Street in Philadelphia.
Craig Boston is a black male, 28 years old, 5’9”, 220 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. He has several tattoos on his arms, and has a tattoo of a star on the right side of his neck under his ear, and what appears to be “Kli” tattooed on the left side of his neck under his ear. Boston is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with any information on his whereabouts should contact Middletown Township Police at 215-949-1000 or call 911.
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Original Story:
Middletown Township police are looking for a suspect who they say stabbed a woman inside the Oxford Valley Mall Sunday afternoon.
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Chief of Police Joseph Bartorilla said detectives are looking for 28-year-old Craig Boston, who has previously lived in Bensalem and Philadelphia.
A police report noted Boston and a female from Philadelphia engaged in an argument at the Macy’s on the first floor of the mall. During the argument, he allegedly stabbed the woman in the left arm, shoulder and neck. The woman also suffered a cut to her forehead.
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Police said Boston fled from the stabbing scene.
Medics rushed the woman to St. Mary Medical Center, where she was treated and later released, according to a police report.
“There was a lot of bleeding,” Bartorilla said of the woman’s wounds.
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The woman had an active protection from abuse order against Boston at the time of the stabbing, police said.
The chief said there were several people who witnessed the incident and spoke with investigators.
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Detective Andrew Amoroso filed an arrest warrant for Boston on Sunday, according to court records. Boston is wanted on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and possession of an instrument on crime.
Anyone with information on Boston’s whereabouts is asked to call Amoroso at 215-750-3845.
