Cops: Beer money dispute leads to "brutal" beating
Upper Darby police are searching for Kevin Knapp, 38, who they say nearly killed his girlfriend after she refused to give him money for beer.
Cops: Beer money dispute leads to "brutal" beating
William Bender
Let's try to catch this guy.
Upper Darby police are asking for your help in locating Kevin Knapp, 38, who they say nearly killed his live-in girlfriend this week after she refused to give him money for beer.
"He wants to get money to go out and buy beer and she says no," said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. "Next thing you know, an argument starts and he’s beating the sh-- out of her. He chokes her until she's unconscious, and once she's awake, he takes a pillow and tries to smother her."
Chitwood said the 40-year-old mother of three fought back by kicking him in the groin, but "in a fit of rage, he kicks her in the head and face."
"She couldn't breathe. She thought she was going to die. At one point, he bit her on the nose," he said. "You can’t even recognize her face, that’s how brutally she was beaten."
The woman was treated at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, where she reported deafness in one ear and having trouble swallowing. Chitwood said she may need reconstructive surgery.
“He's a dangerous, dangerous individual," he said of Knapp, who has prior arrests for assault and stalking. "We deal with domestic violence every day, but the beating she took, she was probably as close to death as one could get."
Unfortunately, this isn't the first time a petty argument in Upper Darby has led to domestic violence. In 2009, a man was charged with attacking his fiancee with a kitchen knife then biting her wrist over a meatball sandwich, "for not placing cheese on his hoagie roll correctly," police said.
Anyone with information on Knapp's whereabouts should call Upper Darby police at 610-734-7677.
Eagles fan— dontlikeneocons
Comment removed.- One eye looking at you, the other eye looking for you— 23
- Some people do not realize how important it is to get the cheese right on a sandwich.— Joe Kingsmill
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- He Deserves a Beat Down !! Then Another !!!— dmanphilly
- Someone should have told him to look directly at the camera— darbarian
- Typical a nice guy like can't find a decent women......A POS like this guy has a live in G/F.....just goes to show nice guys do finish last.....If any decent single ladies over 40 read this get in touch....IM on skype-store merchandiser— merchandiser
- Dontlike - good one.
He has blue eyes. One blew this way, the other blew that way.— dontavoidtheobvious - He looks like such an upstanding citizen, who'd a thunk it?— 1972bline
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- from his mugshot pic, i guess he thought the police take his front and side profile pic at the same time?— theeducator
- Tell this scumbag that I have some beer money for him....tell him to come see me. I'll beat him like a rented mule!— jcpaul
- You rent mules and then beat them?
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- fry him— JKJ
- Pay attention, kiddos. Take notice of a REAL man.— HTownInTheHouse
- Mama done told you that your face would freeze like that some day!— spittooncj
- What's a 40 yr old mother of three doing living with a man who not only wastes her money drinking, but also beats her up? Not to mention that he looks like a lobotomy gone bad?— DonQ
- Thank god for wrap around sunglasses.— Bill E. Penn
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- This guy is an optometrists wet dream.— Bill E. Penn
- but his peripheral vision is incredible. he's like an owl.— dontavoidtheobvious
- Id imagine that school picture day was hell for him.— Bill E. Penn
- gotta love chitwood— Ryan
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- This guy did nothing you all wouldn't have done under the same circumstances. I mean, the beer money beating is a little rough but you can't just put the cheese anywhere you want on the meatball sandwich.— JE40
- I hope she recovers. If this guy attacks you I highly recommending sticking and moving to the right. "One eye looking at you, one eye looking for you". Thats awesome. Yep -- to get more insight look up "sanpaku".— Murrayman
- I betcha he's near someone with a good basement fridge well stocked with natty light - if I were the cops, that's where I'd start to look.....— Owatagoofiam
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- Camera's over here buddy!— KingOfPhilly
- TheCuz, notice how PizzaFaceGirl has nothing to say here.— WantToKnow
- this buds for you ....lol...this guy looks wack— james bond
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- what hump?— DavidJUrban
- what hump?— DavidJUrban
- Someone said it early on; are we looking for Kevin from the 700 level?— paulfromtheoblongtable
- When I look at him straight in the eye I don't know which eye to focus on!— Borkey
- He's the devil....look how his eyeball roams around like an evil owl.— The Philly Shadow
- "Beer me, Marge".— dontavoidtheobvious
- Too bad he's not in the Philly mob, he'd haver an awesome nickname. I'm sure he's dumb enough to get in.— dontavoidtheobvious
- The Tonner loves his Genny Cream Ale but he'd never beat his woman over it. Violence is like drugs, once you use a little, you want to use more and more. Next thing you know you're roughing up the lazy person parked in the fire lane at the Food King. When the Tonner feels himself wanting to punch someone, he goes home and punches the clown instead. Kept the Tonner out of the Big House this long.— hunglikeaton
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- KINGSMILL LOL!!!!!— RRT
- Couldn't we just put him in a cab at 15th and Chestnut and hope for the best?— SweetnessAndLight
- f u all you have no idea who he is or what even happened except for a crack heads story— google
- f u all you have no idea who he is or what even happened except for a crack heads story— google
- f u all you have no idea who he is or what even happened except for a crack heads story— google
- f u all you have no idea who he is or what even happened except for a crack heads story— google
- f u all you have no idea who he is or what even happened except for a crack heads story— google
- And for those of you making fun of his lazy eye, what do you look like?— google
- Normal
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