PAGANS MC SHOOTING AND BEATDOWN TWO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS SHOT

NORRISTOWN — After a contentious preliminary hearing, seven members of the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Gang were ordered to stand trial in Montgomery County Court on charges related to a shooting involving a rival biker gang on the parking lot of the Wawa in West Norriton Township, during which six people, including two innocent bystanders, were wounded.Manuel “Machete” Baez-Santos, 34, of the 600 block of Kohn Street, Norristown; Erik Dixon, 33, of the 500 block of Kingwood Road, Upper Merion; Joel “Chihuahua” Hernandez-Martinez, 36, of the 300 block of West Sixth Street, Bridgeport; George Hripto Jr., 50, of the 200 block of East Fourth Street, Bridgeport; Jason William Lawless, 45, of the 500 block of Grove Street, Bridgeport; Luke Clayton Higgins, 29, of the 300 block of Bellemans Church Road, Dauberville; and Justin “Junkyard” Ray Noll, 34, of the 600 block of Memorial Highway, Fleetwood, were held for trial after a preliminary hearing on Friday that lasted more than seven hours.