A Pennsylvania man who snored loudly allegedly killed his neighbor with whom he had a long dispute over nighttime noise, which the victim had complained he could hear through the walls connecting their homes.
Christopher James Casey, 55, was arrested Thursday for fatally stabbing Robert Wallace, 62, Sunday night when an argument over snoring turned deadly, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
Wallace showed up at Casey’s residence in Hatboro, about 20 miles north of Philadelphia, while Casey was eating dinner, pulled out a screen and opened a window on Casey’s porch before the two began yelling at each other.
The heated argument escalated and Casey stabbed Wallace in the chest several times with a large military-style knife, prosecutors said.
Wallace, who was found lying on the ground 50 feet from his home, was taken to Abington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Casey was also taken to the same hospital and treated for a self-inflicted stab wound to his right thigh, prosecutors said.
Christopher James Casey, 55, was arrested for stabbing his neighbor to death on Sunday. Montgomery County Courthouse
Casey told police at the hospital that Wallace had not been threatening him when he stabbed him in the door, but revealed that the two had been having “personal problems” for the past 18 months, prompting numerous police calls about complaints. of Wallace about his snoring, WPVI reported.
The two men were already known to police “due to ongoing arguments, including discussions about the defendant’s loud snoring, which the victim could hear through the shared wall of the two residences,” prosecutors said.
After about 20 minutes of talking through the window, Casey told police that Wallace seemed to calm down, wanted to shake his hand and even offered to help pay for nasal surgery to help with his snoring, according to an affidavit obtained through the middle.
But Casey didn’t believe him.
“Casey said he did not believe Wallace’s intention to ‘try to figure this out’ and ‘shake hands’ and try to ‘fix this situation’ was genuine,” police wrote in the affidavit. “As a result, Casey decided to ‘surprise’ him by stabbing Wallace with a knife.”
She called 911 and told emergency operators that Wallace “broke my window,” police said in an affidavit. “I attacked my neighbor. He came to attack me.”
Police said they observed blood both inside and outside the residence, the window screen scattered on the grass and the window wide open.
Casey was charged with third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possession of instruments of crime, prosecutors said. He remained jailed Friday with bail set at $1 million.
He is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on January 29.
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