A 30-year-old adult male remained inward custody this weekend after he allegedly fatally knifed a Bethlehem, Pa. man. The victim, Elson Aviles, 35, was driving endorse from the Wind Creek Bethlehem cassino too soon Friday and later was earnestly maimed by the passenger, police force revealed.

Aviles was taken to a local hospital for treatment. But he died a little time later after surgery, according to Lehighvalleylive.com, a regional tidings site.

Shortly after the attack, Jose Luis Leon was supercharged with felonious homicide. During a Fri court of justice appearance, Northampton County Magisterial District Judge Vivan Zumas ordered Leon held without bail.

The incident began Thursday night. Leon and Aviles had been at Wind Creek. type A tertiary person, Carmen Rosario, attended them.

On the way of life home, Aviles first off dropped Rosario at her domiciliate inwards his Nissan Rogue. Once inside, at virtually 1 am Friday, Rosario heard Aviles shouting.

She chequered her cubicle phone which is connected to an outdoor security department camera. Rosario saw Aviles walking close her residence.

He was bloody. Leon allegedly was next him. Police officers were nearby.

Leon was prehension what was described as a large kitchen knife. Nearby, Aviles put down on the ground. His neck opening and chest were bleeding.

Aviles was able to electrical relay to officers that “Jose” had stabbed him, police force revealed. The dupe also pointed out at Leon as his attacker, the intelligence written report said.

EMTs transported Aviles to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill. Doctors at that place performed exigency surgery.

But he succumbed to his injuries at 3:08 am Friday. The Lehigh County coroner’s office staff was expected to execute an PM this weekend.

Officers found the Nissan relatively come together to the crime scene. It had been damaged when it come to a tree diagram at an intersection, law said.

Officers checked inside. Blood was on the driver’s door. There was also blood on the driver’s seat and steerage wheel.

Reported Dispute Over Car

Earlier that night, after just now a few transactions in the casino, Leon told Aviles he wanted to catch something he left inward Aviles’ car. He was precondition the keys.

But 15 or 20 minutes later, Leon had not reentered the casino, The Morning Call, a Pennsylvania newspaper, reported.

Aviles and Rosario went remote to tab on the car. It was gone. Aviles attempted to claim Leon several times. He did non answer. Eventually, he picked upwardly his cell sound to say he was impulsive rear to Wind Creek casino.

Apparently angry o'er the dispute, the triplet decided to depart the gaming venue.

Leon faces other charges, too. Following his apprehension, Leon was supercharged with possessing instruments of criminal offence and do drugs possession. He to boot faces 2 counts of provoked assault, according to a financial statement from Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck.

The assault charges stanch from Leon allegedly punching deuce constabulary officers. The assaults took put at Bethlehem police headquarters.

Upon trenchant him, officers additionally said they placed 23.6 grams of suspected fentanyl.

Criminal Record Revealed

The Morning Call reported that 11 years ago, Leon was sentenced to 2.5 to V years inward prison. He had pled shamefaced in Berks County Court to aggravated assault and robbery, The Morning Call said.

Later, he was sentenced inwards Northampton County to sextet months to a yr inwards gaol for resisting hitch inward 2013. Still later, inward 2017, he was sentenced to ane to iii years for making terroristic threats, the story adds.