Customer Who Made Racist Rant Charged By Hatboro Police

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HATBORO, PA —The irate customer who made a racist rant last week at Amy's Family Pizzeria that was captured on a TikTok video has been charged with ethnic intimidation and harassment, police said.

Rita Bellew, 55, of Hatboro, was charged Friday via summons for the incident last Thursday at Amy's Family Pizzeria on South York Road in Hatboro.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Hatboro Police Chief James E. Gardner announced the charges Friday.

In the expletive-filled viral video, Bellew confronts a counter employee over a Spanish-language channel being on in the eatery. She demands a refund and then threatens to "look up" the employee and "get them out of town."

"Give me my money back. I’m not giving my money to some illegal immigrant,” she said on the video.

Watch the video here.

Bellew claims that her family has been part of the Hatboro community for 200 years and that her grandfather fought in World War II.

Hatboro police de-escalated the disturbance involving Bellew and then learned that an employee video-recorded Bellew prior to police arriving at the incident, which took place at 5:55 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23.

Police said the video shows Bellew berating the staff of the restaurant with a profane, racially fueled tirade. Bellew was apparently triggered, at least in part, by a Spanish broadcast being shown on a television in the restaurant.

Charges of ethnic intimidation and harassment were filed Friday at the office of Magisterial District Judge Paul N. Leo and Bellew will be required to answer to those charges.

The date and time of a preliminary hearing will be scheduled by the court. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Tanner Beck.