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| Newcomer - Courtesy herald-mail.com |
Now this is an interesting story, but apparently the Waynesboro (PA) Borough Council President was arrested last Monday on charges stemming from a biker-brawl on Feb. 13th. Craig Newcomer, 46, was charged with malicious wounding and subsequently released after he posted $50,000 bond.
The brawl, which occurred at a Martinsburg (W.Va.) bar named the Dirty Dawg Saloon, left Ernest Eugene Cumbie with multiple facial and skull fractures, frontal lobe contusions, scalp hematoma, and traumatic brain injury. Cumbie, 44 of Virginia, was flown by helicopter to Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Newcomer, who has been on the borough council since 2005, is known as “Guido” in the Avenger Motorcycle Club with which he is a member. According to an article by the Chambersburg Public Opinion, Martinsburg PD claim Newcomer “wanted to break in his new ring”. Witnesses claim another Avenger member named “4th Grade” said “Guido” was itching for a fight and that Newcomer himself later said, “I wonder if I killed the guy,” at Martinsburg’s VIP Gentlemen’s Club where they stopped afterward.
Newcomer claims he is a member of the motorcycle club to teach them about god. "Like Jesus, I like to witness to sinners," he told the Public Opinion. He also said he goes “where all the street people go” because of his ministry work.
Now this sounds like a man with conflicted interests. One minute he is a pillar of the community, the next he is a rough-and-tumble biker. From what little I can find on the Avengers Motorcycle Club (AMC), they are no joke. A report from 1999 claims the FBI arrested 16 members of the AMC on racketeering charges. The FBI says they conducted illegal activities in Ohio, Michigan, W.Va., Indiana, and Illinois. Although Newcomer claims to be following the club for religious reasons, his actions say otherwise. This will be a story to follow.
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