Pennsylvania State Police issue warrant for ‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera after alleged assault

Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public’s assistance in searching for former “Jackass” star and skateboarding legend Brandon “Bam” Margera after an altercation at his home in Pocopson, Chester County.

State police at Avondale on Sunday issued a news release saying that an arrest warrant was issued for Margera from the District Court in Kennett Square, charging him with terroristic threats and simple assault.

According to his mother, April Margera, the target of Margera’s ire was his younger brother, Jess.

“We don’t know where he is,” April Margera said Monday morning in a telephone interview, referring to Bam. “He is just struggling with so many layers of issues.” She said his brother had gone to the property on Hickory Hill Road — known in the past as “Castle Bam” — because of a recent “episode.”

April Margera said the “Viva La Bam” reality television star had dealt for years with alcohol abuse and mental health issues, and had been living in Florida and California before returning to Chester County only recently. “

But I don’t want to say anything more that might jeopardize him getting help,” she said. “I’m sorry.”

According to the news release, police were called to the home for reports of a domestic disturbance around 11 a.m. Sunday. Margera was reportedly involved in a physical confrontation with the victim, who police did not name in the release, but who suffered minor injuries.

Margera had taken off through the woods before troopers arrived, the release stated. Anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to call PSP Avondale at 610-268-2022.

According to an arrest affidavit accompanying the criminal complaint written by Trooper John Wendling, state police received a call around 10:45 a.m. from a woman who was staying at Bam Margera’s property for a “domestic in progress.”

When Wending arrived, he spoke with Phillip Margera and Jesse Margera, who told him that Bam had fled into the woods behind the house, and that several troopers were already searching for him.

Jesse Margera, who apparently lives at the house, said that around 8 a.m. Sunday, he was awakened by his brother banging and kicking at his locked bedroom door. When he opened the door, he found a note which read, “If you ever … think of calling the police on me I will” harm you, and that the note was signed “Bam.”

When Jesse Margera went to the kitchen of the house later that morning, he saw Bam urinating in the kitchen sink. Bam then became aggressive, and started punching his brother in the face and head. He said, “I’ll kill you. I’ll put a bullet in your head,” according to the affidavit.

Wendling was able to see cuts and bruises on Jesse Margera’s face and arm.

Bam Margera, 43, is charged with one count each of simple assault, and terroristic threats, both misdemeanors, and summary harassment.

Margera’s life has been in something of an ever-increasing tailspin since his childhood friend and fellow reality television star, Ryan Dunn, was killed in an early morning car crash in June 2011. Dunn was at the wheel of his Porsche on his way home from a night of drinking in West Chester when he lost control and careened into a guardrail on Route 322 in West Goshen. A passenger, Zachary Hartwell, was also killed.

In interviews afterwards, Margera said his drinking intensified. In 2012 he lost control of his drinking after his skating career was halted by bone spurs he developed from skating. He was in and out of rehab for years following his first visit, and in 2016, he spoke of having to relearn his skateboarding tricks after years of abusing alcohol.

“I took a five-year hiatus from skating because I had bone spurs, so instead I was making money by doing nightclub appearances, which basically was shooting photos and taking shots with the locals,” he told People Magazine.

A year ago, Margera was fired from the latest in a succession of “Jackass” movies after his co-stars worried that he was not taking sobriety seriously enough. He has been in and out of various rehab programs, including ones ordered by courts.

In March, he was seen arguing with his estranged-wife in front of their 5-year-old child at a restaurant in Los Angles. He was charged with public drunkenness.

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing story and will be updated as details unfold. 

To contact staff writer Michael P. Rellahan call 610-696-1544.

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