{"id":157705,"date":"2026-04-05T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157705\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:16:09","slug":"pennsylvania-man-stabs-planet-fitness-employee-in-a-fit-of-rage-after-he-was-banned-from-the-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157705\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man stabs Planet Fitness employee in a fit of rage after he was banned from the gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Pennsylvania<\/a>\u00a0man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Planet Fitness employee after he was banned from the gym.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Davier Massey, 28, is accused of storming the workout facility twice on Thursday in Cheltenham Township, 30 minutes outside of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Police said Massey, who has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, was outraged after being banned the day before because of an unpaid bill.<\/p>\n

In the first instance, Massey arrived at Planet Fitness sometime in the morning, but quickly left.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But at 12.30pm, the Cheltenham Township Police Department was dispatched to the business over claims that Massey stormed the building and caused a violent ‘disturbance’.<\/p>\n

Arguments between Massey and the gym employee dramatically escalated, prompting the suspect to allegedly stab the victim multiple times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘A male patient with multiple stab wounds was located and transported to an area trauma center for treatment for life-threatening injuries,’ read a statement <\/a>from the police department.<\/p>\n

The victim has not been named, but is reportedly recovering at the hospital, according to\u00a0Law & Crime.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Davier <\/p>\n

Davier Massey, 28, was arrested for allegedly stabbing a Planet Fitness gym employee\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Planet Fitness located in\u00a0Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, closed temporarily following the alleged violence<\/p>\n

Police arrested Massey ‘a short distance away’ within the Cedarbrook Shopping Plaza.<\/p>\n

In a statement obtained by\u00a0WPVI<\/a>, a representative for Planet Fitness said they were ‘saddened’ by reports of the erratic altercation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘At Planet Fitness, the safety and well-being of our team members and members is our top priority,’ a representative said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Our thoughts are with the team member as they recover.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We appreciate local law enforcement’s quick action, and the franchise owner is fully supporting them in their investigation.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to their website<\/a>, Planet Fitness ‘does not tolerate\u00a0verbal or physical harassment of any member or team member for any reason.’<\/p>\n

‘Violations by members may result in cancellation of membership,’ read the policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Cheltenham <\/p>\n

Cheltenham Police responded to the scene at around 12.30pm on Thursday. They found the suspect nearby in the same shopping center<\/p>\n

Cheltenham’s Planet Fitness was closed the rest of the day following the chaotic incident, reported NBC Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Closed due to an unexpected emergency,’ signs read. ‘We apologize for any inconvenience.’<\/p>\n

Cheltenham Township Planet Fitness members told the outlet that they were ‘concerned,’ especially considering the sense of community within the gym.<\/p>\n

‘Everybody knows everybody in there,’ member Isley Robinson said. ‘It’s one big community, so it’s really shocking.’<\/p>\n

‘There’s a bunch of Planet Fitnesses if you’re banned from this one, go to the next one,’ said member Eric Coleman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Everybody comes in here for the same reason… I don’t know what it was, but it didn’t have to get to that.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Massey <\/p>\n

Massey was charged with multiple counts, including attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault<\/p>\n

Massey was charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, harassment and making terroristic threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also racked up counts for criminal mischief, disorderly conduct,\u00a0simple assault and\u00a0possession of an instrument of crime.<\/p>\n

According to his LinkedIn page<\/a>, Massey worked as a case manager at Morgan & Morgan until mid-2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Business Management from Lincoln University of Pennsylvania in 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Massey is being held without bail at\u00a0Montgomery County Correctional Facility. He will appear in court for a preliminary hearing on April 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Massey has yet to enter a plea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail contacted Planet Fitness and the Cheltenham Township Police Department for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pennsylvania\u00a0man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Planet Fitness employee after he was banned from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7269,139,28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-157705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","12":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}