Morrisville man sentenced to 17 1/2 to 40 years for October 2025 shooting
A Bucks County jury convicted Kevin Donte Watts of attempted murder and related charges for a shooting during an October 2025 dispute; a judge sentenced him to 17 1/2 to 40 years in prison plus 10 years probation.
Kevin Donte Watts, 43, was convicted in May after a three-day trial of attempted murder and multiple weapons and assault charges in the October 11, 2025 shooting. Bucks County detectives and Morrisville police say Watts, a passenger at Orchard View Apartments, shot the victim in the chest with a stolen .40-caliber pistol equipped with a green laser and hollow-point rounds; the victim was hospitalized with serious injuries. Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. ordered 17 1/2 to 40 years in state prison and a consecutive 10 years of probation; prosecutors and local police praised the investigation and prosecution.