Man Who was Tased While Running Through Children’s Soccer Game Sentenced to Prison

Keith Heffintrayer | North Penn Now•

A Bucks County man is headed to state prison after pleading guilty to domestic assault and later fleeing the scene on foot through a children’s soccer game.

Zachary Bommentre, 23, of Warminster, was sentenced on Monday to two to five years in prison on charges of strangulation, simple assault, and harassment, stemming from a pair of May 2023 incidents in Hilltown Township. Bommentre was also ordered to serve two years’ probation upon his release, court records show.

Sentencing notes indicate Bommentre must undergo a psychological evaluation and avoid all future contact with the victim, and he’ll be screened for potential admission into a motivational boot camp program. Bommentre will receive credit for 260 days of time served while awaiting the resolution of his case, court records show.

Police were dispatched to an apartment along the 800 block of Callowhill Road at 1:36 p.m. on May 6, 2023 for a report of a domestic assault in which the male suspect had since fled on foot. The victim said she was physically assaulted by Bommentre, who then held a knife to his throat and said he would slit his own throat if the police were called, according to charging documents.

A neighbor then yelled through a shared wall that they were calling 911, at which point Bommentre fled the scene on foot, police said.

Police from multiple jurisdictions were called to the scene and began searching for Bommentre, who was eventually located and chased through the rear yard of Carson Helicopters along the 900 block of Blooming Glen Road. Bommentre continued to flee towards the Deep Run Valley Sports Association and made his way through the rear of an active athletic field where children and parents were involved in a soccer match, according to the criminal complaint.

Bommentre continued to run through the field with police in pursuit, at which time another officer ran towards him to intercept and take him into custody, police said. A taser was used to take down Bommentre, and he was subsequently taken into custody, according to police.

Following the arrest, Hilltown Township Police issued a public statement describing what had occurred and assuring there was no ongoing threat to the public. They additionally dispelled a rumor that a firearm was used, stating a firearm was never displayed or involved in the incident.

Police said Bommentre had active warrants for his arrest out of Philadelphia, and a review of Bucks County court records showed he has prior convictions in recent years for harassment, reckless endangerment, hit and run, simple assault, and false imprisonment.

Bommentre was on probation at the time of his May arrest, according to court records.