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  • SUV Gang Assault: Third Biker is Arraigned, Flips Bird in Court

    A third motorcycle gang member involved in the vicious beating of an SUV driver was arraigned on Sunday. Reginald Chance, 37, was charged with several felonies, including gang assault in the first degree. Chance is the biker who is accused of smashing out a window on the SUV so the other bikers could get to the driver.

    Chance, a career criminal who has been arrested 21 times in the past, will remain in jail unless his family can come up with the $100,000 bond the judge set for him. The biker certainly didn’t seem too bothered by the charges he faces, as he took the opportunity to flip off reporters in court.

    Gregory Watts, Chance’s lawyer, issued a statement on his client’s part in the SUV gang assault and says that Chance was knocked off his motorcycle by the SUV driver, Alexian Lien, and simply went too far trying to identify the driver.

    “The law does permit someone who is a victim of an accident to at least attempt to get the identification of the motorist,” Watts said. “My client obviously overreacted in that manner, but he is not this thug assaulting someone who’s harmless, contrary to the public opinion that’s being put out there.”

    Watts further says that Chance didn’t participate in the assault. “My client obviously overreacted in smashing the window, but beyond that he was not a participant in any assault on the victim,” Watts said. Watts may think that all Chance did was “overreact,” but the district attorney in the case says that Chance’s role in the beating was pivotal.

    By smashing the window, Chance’s actions “set into motion a chain of events that resulted in the driver being dragged out of his vehicle and beaten” by others, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Samantha Turino said.

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    The SUV gang assault occurred on September 29 when a group of bikers surrounded Lien and his family, forcing them to stop. The bikers then proceeded to bust out a window in Lien’s Range Rover and beat him in front of his wife and toddler. Police are still investigating the crime and are looking into claims that two off-duty police officers stood by and did nothing to intervene during the assault.

    Image via New York Post

  • Bikers Attack SUV, 2 Men Arrested After Violent Beating

    Two men have now been arrested after a violent altercation on the streets of New York that left two men severely injured and one man fighting for his life.

    The incident unfolded on Sunday, after a large group of bikers surrounded an SUV on the highway, forcing the driver–33-year old Alexian Lien–to slow down and eventually come to a stop. Lien, who had his wife and 2-year old child in the vehicle, apparently panicked as the group surrounded them and sped off, hitting one man and running over another in the process. The bikers then chased down Lien over the course of several minutes, which were captured on a helmet camera, and after he was forced to stop in traffic in Washington Heights, members of the group broke out windows and dragged him out onto the street for a beating. He suffered lacerations to his face and chest which required stitches, as well as several facial injuries.

    One of the men arrested, 28-year old Christopher Cruz, faces charges of reckless endangerment, reckless driving and endangering the welfare of a child, among others. Cruz was the biker who was struck when Lien left the first scene. The other suspect, 42-year old Allen Edwards, was arrested and faces charges of reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and menacing.

    As for the man who was run over–32-year old Edwin Mieses–he suffered fractures in every one of his ribs and can’t breathe on his own. Doctors fear he may be paralyzed. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says that they are looking at the helmet camera footage and surveillance footage to determine whether any charges will be filed against Lien for leaving the scene of an accident, saying, “you have to look at the totality of the circumstances and that’s what we’re doing. The investigation is ongoing.”

    Mieses’ mother says she believes something should be done.

    “It’s not going to bring my son’s legs back, because it’s not going to make him walk again,” Yolanda Santiago said. “But justice has to be served.”