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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:17 PM Oct 2023

Arrested! Identified by his employer. The guy who jumped on back window of young mother's car

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Man arrested after a gun-toting motorcyclist was seen on video assaulting a mother in Philadelphia
Cody Heron, 26, has been charged with possession of an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering another person and aggravated assault, the district attorney said.




Heron is accused of assaulting a woman and her two children after the woman's car was hit on the driver's side Sunday night near City Hall, prosecutors said. He was among a large group of ATV, motorcycle and dirt-bike riders in the area, officials say.

Video of the incident captured a rider kicking in the rear windshield of the woman’s car, spraying shattered glass all over the two children, ages 2 and 5, in the back seat, according to prosecutors.

“A firearm can be seen falling from the defendant’s waistband before he retrieves the weapon and threatens the victim with it after she confronts him on the street," the DA said. "Heron head butts her during the confrontation before returning to his vehicle and fleeing the scene.”

It was not immediately clear Wednesday if Heron had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/philadelphia-motorcyclist-assault-attack-arrest-rcna118906
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Arrested! Identified by his employer. The guy who jumped on back window of young mother's car (Original Post) Demovictory9 Oct 2023 OP
Absolutely outrageous behavior. Deuxcents Oct 2023 #1
But no.... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #2
I'm wondering what motivated him. Why did he wnylib Oct 2023 #3
One of them hit her car. Looks like she said something. The bikers operate in packs Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #4
Get the rest of the bikers as co conspirators exboyfil Oct 2023 #5
Ditto BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #6
No canetoad Oct 2023 #10
They helped restrict this mother's movements. They are accomplices. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2023 #20
Yes, they surrounded the car Doc Sportello Oct 2023 #24
I didn't see that canetoad Oct 2023 #41
This is a phenomenon that's happening all over. yardwork Oct 2023 #28
Sort of modern day version of Lord of the Flies.... nt Nittersing Oct 2023 #38
These aren't political people. brooklynite Oct 2023 #31
No common sense. sarcasmo Oct 2023 #35
Charge him with at least 2 counts of attempted murder mercuryblues Oct 2023 #7
RYFL, congrats dipshit. flvegan Oct 2023 #8
I looked, couldn't find anything - what does RYFL mean? phylny Oct 2023 #18
Ruined Your Flipping Life? Kid Berwyn Oct 2023 #25
Urban Dictionary says "Run For Your Life." intheflow Oct 2023 #26
The Poster BeerBarrelPolka Oct 2023 #27
Ruined Your F*ing Life flvegan Oct 2023 #29
Those Poor Kids DET Oct 2023 #9
Same here. Duppers Oct 2023 #15
OMG......what the hell is happening........ a kennedy Oct 2023 #11
Entitled. C Moon Oct 2023 #14
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2023 #17
My theory is that these are kids who dropped out of school due to COVID. yardwork Oct 2023 #30
These groups were around long before COVID. brooklynite Oct 2023 #32
Not in my city, they weren't. yardwork Oct 2023 #34
Yea i hear you. bluestarone Oct 2023 #37
Not discussing the robbery gangs... brooklynite Oct 2023 #39
Well it looks like you sent them nationwide! yardwork Oct 2023 #40
what a DISGUSTING human being Skittles Oct 2023 #12
Don't even need the video, the recounting above is sufficient BootinUp Oct 2023 #13
good rockfordfile Oct 2023 #16
This shit is going on in Boston and Providence 617Blue Oct 2023 #19
She's lucky to be alive Takket Oct 2023 #21
It used to be called "wilding." leftyladyfrommo Oct 2023 #22
That punk needs to be sent away for many years. Liberal In Texas Oct 2023 #23
Maybe he can share the same jail cell with Trump with one toilet. Emile Oct 2023 #33
The whole bike gang need to be prosecuted. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #36

Deuxcents

(25,376 posts)
1. Absolutely outrageous behavior.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:23 PM
Oct 2023

He’s robbed that mother and her 2 kids of any sense of normalcy. I hope he’s ruined his life and spends most of it in jail.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
2. But no....
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:29 PM
Oct 2023

...investigations into, or charges brought, for the illegal traffic activity by a horde of people that resulted in this assault?

wnylib

(25,355 posts)
3. I'm wondering what motivated him. Why did he
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:32 PM
Oct 2023

choose her car? Was there a bumper sticker on it that he didn't like? Or did she just look like a vulnerable person that he could bully? What a POS. Hope they throw everything at him.

Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
4. One of them hit her car. Looks like she said something. The bikers operate in packs
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:34 PM
Oct 2023

And go after cars that anger them

Doc Sportello

(7,964 posts)
24. Yes, they surrounded the car
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 07:34 AM
Oct 2023

But I will say she was not intimidated in the least. She confronted him without volence or rage, which I certainly would have been tempted to do after seeing what the little jackass did to her and her children.

yardwork

(68,889 posts)
28. This is a phenomenon that's happening all over.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 07:57 AM
Oct 2023

These groups of dirt bikers are driving around in packs and harassing drivers in my town, too. It's difficult for the police to stop it.

My theory is that COVID caused a lot of young people to drop out of school. Now they're 17-18 years old, they haven't been in school for several years, and they don't have jobs. These are the kids who are flash-shoplifting, attacking people, and driving around in packs.

It's not "liberal" District Attorneys. It's the result of the pandemic.

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
31. These aren't political people.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 08:11 AM
Oct 2023

They’re like motorcycle gangs; they get angry when anyone blocks their movement, even unintentionally. We have similar groups in NYC.

mercuryblues

(16,154 posts)
7. Charge him with at least 2 counts of attempted murder
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 12:11 AM
Oct 2023

Felony child endangerment

having a gun while committing a felony

Assault

terroristic threats.

just for starters.

flvegan

(65,686 posts)
8. RYFL, congrats dipshit.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 12:37 AM
Oct 2023

In Florida, you'd probably be dead. So you got that going for you, moron.

I like that this is just an aside, no matter, but hey, lots of folks seemingly, illegally riding ATVs and dirt bikes on the roads but nobody cares. Yay laws! Or something.

intheflow

(29,969 posts)
26. Urban Dictionary says "Run For Your Life."
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 07:46 AM
Oct 2023

Unsure if that was the poster’s use, it doesn’t really seem to make sense in the context of the post.

DET

(2,350 posts)
9. Those Poor Kids
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 12:44 AM
Oct 2023

That idiot could have killed them. I don’t think I could have been as calm as that mother was.

a kennedy

(35,199 posts)
11. OMG......what the hell is happening........
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 01:36 AM
Oct 2023

like all the smash and grab villains, stores are closing because of it. Just what the hell is going on.

yardwork

(68,889 posts)
30. My theory is that these are kids who dropped out of school due to COVID.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 08:04 AM
Oct 2023

I've heard that up to 30% of the children in my city's school district never returned to school after the COVID shutdown in spring 2020. These are children of families who didn't have access to broadband and so their kids couldn't easily connect to virtual school.

Thousands of 13-15 year old boys who dropped out of school in 2020, they're now 16-18 years old and haven't been in school or worked for years. Crime wave.

yardwork

(68,889 posts)
34. Not in my city, they weren't.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 08:22 AM
Oct 2023

Nor were there flash shoplifting mobs all over the country. Stores are closing because of this. The right wing talking point is that wussy DAs in "Democrat" cities are responsible for this crime wave among young people. I doubt that. I think it's a pretty clear cause and effect involving the thousands of kids who dropped out of school due to COVID.

bluestarone

(21,073 posts)
37. Yea i hear you.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 08:51 AM
Oct 2023

Just seems like some reason these young flash groups are being formed to do this BULLSHIT! Something is causing this crap. Social media? Need to figure a way to check the phones of some that HAVE been caught, and see who the fuck they are chatting with.

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
39. Not discussing the robbery gangs...
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 09:41 AM
Oct 2023

In NYC, the Dirt Bike/ATV groups have been hogging the streets for a decade.

BootinUp

(50,816 posts)
13. Don't even need the video, the recounting above is sufficient
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 01:56 AM
Oct 2023

may he get ALL that he deserves.

617Blue

(2,187 posts)
19. This shit is going on in Boston and Providence
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 05:08 AM
Oct 2023

Packs of nimrods on two wheeled vehicles making a shit ton of noise driving dangerously and just generally terrorizing people.

leftyladyfrommo

(19,950 posts)
22. It used to be called "wilding."
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 06:21 AM
Oct 2023

We've had a lot of trouble in KCMO with a bunch of kids on bikes and kids in souped up cars blocking busy streets. Or a bunch of bikes would terrorize the freeways.

I think the police really cracked down on that stuff and I haven't heard anything lately.

Liberal In Texas

(15,946 posts)
23. That punk needs to be sent away for many years.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 07:23 AM
Oct 2023

Long enough so he can think about what he did and think again and again and again.

AND he needs to pay for damages and for the emotional suffering she and her family have been subjected to.

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