A Bristol Borough man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges including aggravated assault, conspiracy and simple assault.
Shaquille Legette, 21, was sentenced to three to six years in state prison by county Judge Wallace Bateman earlier this week.
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Legette was one of 10 men charged in connection with a wild night at the Stadium Bar and Grill on Woerner Avenue by Five Points in Bristol Township. The night ended with several assaults and 21-year-old Falls Township volunteer firefighters Steven Basalyga with a serious stab wound to the chest.
Nine other men are still awaiting trial in the case. The men awaiting trial are: Samuel Padilla Jr., 25, of Bristol Township; Michael Gonzalez, 22, of Bristol Borough; Onorio Velez, 20, of Bristol Township; Carlos Baltazar, 26, of Bristol Township’s Croydon section; Anthony Verderame, 21, of Bristol Township; Steven Evens Jr., 21, of Bristol Township; Phillip Budion, 24, of Bristol Township’s Croydon section; William Ellershaw, 24, of Bristol Township; and Bryandyn Smith, 25, of Bristol Township
According to court documents, witnesses saw a group of men assault Basalyga after a night at the bar. Basalyga was punched by Padilla before Velez lunged his right hand toward the firefighter and made a “stabbing motion,” police allege.
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Around the same time, a second incident happened, police said.
The second incident involved Nicholas Sylvia being attacked as he left the bar following an altercation where a man “got in his face.” Sylvia was allegedly attacked by several men and Kelan Caccavella was stabbed. Caccavella was bleeding heavily and pulled in a parking lot in the 6900 block of New Falls Road.
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Caccavella reportedly struck a pedestrian and caused them minor injuries as he tried to flee in his car, police said.
The night of the incidents, Stadium Bar and Grill was hosting a $2 drink special that drew a large crowd, a newspaper reported.
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