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Police rapidly arrested an alleged knife-wielding man in Girard Estate last week.
Reaching the 1800 block of Ritner Street at 7:40 a.m. Dec. 19, officials met a complainant who said he had entered into an argument with a colleague over who receives more work, police said. The figure added the matter soon resulted in a physical altercation, with his peer allegedly pulling out a paring knife and giving his face three slashes.
The second male reportedly walked to the rear of 18th and Ritner streets and discarded the weapon into a trash can. The complainant stated the supposed aggressor remained on location and heightened the spat. Police soon arrived and arrested Michael Bozzi, 45, of Oxford Circle, without incident. The victim received transport to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for gash wounds to each side of his face. Authorities charged Bozzi, who posted his $3,500 bail, with attempted murder, assault and possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering another person.
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