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Police arrested a man after his alleged threat of violence in Point Breeze.
At 5 p.m. June 25, authorities, handling an aggravated assault call, met the complainant and a witness on the 1600 block of South 21st Street and learned the aforementioned male and another man had come to the location and demanded they leave, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. When speaking with the interlopers, the victim noticed a gun in the waistband of the second figure, who spit in his face, grabbed his throat and squeezed his neck as the first individual supposedly shouted “Kill him.”
The witness fled the site to call law enforcement agents, with the intruders quickly following, Tolliver said. Moments later, the older adult reportedly returned to the residence, where authorities arrested him. They charged 83-year-old Joseph Middleton, of the same block, with assault, criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, making terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. Court records listed his bond as unsecure, and he awaits a July 10 preliminary hearing. The complainant described the other man as black and in his 30s; having a medium brown complexion and a thin build; being clean-shaven; wearing a tan T-shirt and blue jeans; carrying a firearm; and possibly being named “Vince.”
To report information, call South Detectives’ tip line at 215-685-1635 or visit www.phillypolice.com/forms.
Contact Managing Editor Joseph Myers at jmyers@southphillyreview.com or ext. 124.
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