Hatfield Motel tenant accused of assault on police officer, using racial slur against victim

A tenant at the Hatfield Motel on Bethlehem Pike is accused of assaulting a man at the property and calling him racial slurs in a late night altercation.

Robert George Blue, 66, of the 700 block of Bethlehem Pike, in the Colmar section of Hatfield, is charged with aggravated assault, misdemeanor simple assault and summary charges of harassment and disorderly conduct, according to court records.

On Tuesday, at 11:36 p.m., Hatfield Police responded to the report of a dispute between a couple and a man in a black robe, identified as Blue. Upon arrival, the caller told police that she was sitting in a car with her boyfriend outside the motel, when Blue approached them and asked for a lighter, police said…

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