Man In Falls Twp. Stabbed Wife With Screwdriver

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — An Ohio man will spend up to 12 years in prison for stabbing his wife with a screwdriver and choking her while they were living in Falls Township.

Bao Thien Le, 22, now of Cleveland, pleaded guilty last week to aggravated assault and strangulation in the April 5 attack.

After a 911 call from a neighbor, police arrived at his home in the 200 block of South Olds Boulevard to find Le actively choking the woman. He also had used the screwdriver to stab her in the head and torso.

President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr., accepted Le's plea and sentenced him to 6-12 years in state prison. He also was ordered to pay $7,339 in restitution. Le originally had been charged with attempted homicide, but the charge was dropped when he plead guilty to all the other counts against him.

The Falls Township Police Department and Bucks County detectives investigated the case.