Three subjects are in custody and police are searching for a fourth in a beating at a 69th Street gas station/car wash.
Upper Darby police have charged Jamere Allen, 20, of the 100 block of Ashurst Road, Philadelphia; Khalief Teagle, of the 100 block of North 60th Street, Philadelphia; and Muhammad Williams, 23, of the 400 block of Ellis Avenue, Colwyn, with aggravated assault and related offenses.
Police are still searching for Nyeem Poole, 22 of the 7600 hundred block of Overbrook Avenue, Philadelphia, in the case and are urging him to turn himself in.
Nyeem Poole (COURTESY PHOTO)
Police gave this account:
On Friday about 8 p.m., Upper Darby uniformed patrol officers responded to the 69th Street Car Wash in the 400 bock of South 69th Street for a report of an assault.
Officers arrived to find a male victim who had been attacked by four men.
One of the suspects pistol whipped the victim, causing injuries that required transport to Lankenau Medical Center by medics, said Upper Darby police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Detective Michael Ficchi, the victim had a laceration to his ear and a bump on his head, but was incoherent.
Muhammad Williams (COURTESY PHOTO)
The affidavit continues:
Officers spoke with witnesses who said the victim was beaten by four males, one of whom may have had a pistol.
Officers reviewed video surveillance, which showed the victim in the back of the store playing a game on a machine.
A white Kia 5 pulled into the parking lot at 7:57 p.m., and four males entered the car wash waiting area and began attacking the victim, throwing him on the ground. They are seen punching, kicking and stomping the victim.
One of the attackers, wearing a black sweatshirt with white writing on the front pulls out a pistol, drops it, picks it up and pistol whips the victim.
This goes on for about 30 seconds, then one of the suspects picks up a stool and hits the victim over the head with it.
The four then left in the Kia towards Patterson Avenue.
Khalief Teagle (COURTESY PHOTO)
Police transmitted flash information describing the Kia 5 and suspects.
At 8:20 p.m. Officer Francis Connors spotted a vehicle matching the description and stopped it at 69th Street and Marshall Road.
Three subjects matching the descriptions of the attackers were in the vehicle. Police took Allen, Teagle and Williams into custody without incident.
At the hospital, the victim told police he did not know his attackers and he cannot remember much of the episode. He was released from the hospital shortly after being evaluated, Bernhardt said.
Police are still searching for Poole, who was the one captured on surveillance footage pistol-whipping the victim. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. He is also facing firearms-related charges.
Jamere Allen (COURTESY PHOTO)
Bernhardt urged Poole to surrender.
“Let me be clear: You will not come into Upper Darby, commit violent acts, and think you will escape justice. You will be caught, and you will be prosecuted. We will not tolerate this nonsense,” Bernhardt said. “My message to Mr. Poole: Turn yourself in and do the right thing. Be accountable for your cowardly actions.”
Allen and Teagle were being held on 10% of $200,000 bail while Williams was being held on 10% of $250,000 bail. They are scheduled to appear in the courtroom of District Judge Harry J. Karapalides on June 16 for a preliminary hearing.