A motorcyclist captured in a viral video smashing the rear window of a car with two small children inside was arrested Wednesday after the suspect’s employer and others alerted police, authorities said.
Cody Heron, 26, is charged with criminal possession of an instrument, reckless endangerment and multiple counts of aggravated assault over the Sunday night attack.
Normally lenient Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner reportedly asked for Heron’s bail to be held at $5 million, but a judge set it at 10% of $2,500,000 during Heron’s arraignment Wednesday night, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Prosecutors allege Heron was the motorcyclist who was filmed smashing a car window before pointing a gun at a mother who jumped out of her car to confront him.
Broken glass fell on the woman’s two children, aged 2 and 5, who were sitting in the back seat at the time.
“Cody Heron, who rode his motorcycle recklessly through the densely populated streets of Center City Philadelphia while carrying a firearm, attacked an innocent woman and her children who were just going about their evening,” said Assistant District Attorney William Fritze. in a statement. .
Cody Heron was arrested yesterday through Wednesday.Philadelphia Police Department
The gun fell from Heron’s waistband as he kicked the glass, prosecutors said. He picked it up and then briefly pointed the weapon at the 23-year-old driver, Nikki Bullock, the district attorney’s office said.
The two clashed and Heron allegedly headbutted his mother, who pushed the motorcyclist before he fled.
The heated argument erupted when Heron ran to the driver’s side door of Bullock, who was also with his girlfriend, as a group of bikers, bikers and ATV riders took over the road, prosecutors said.
The video of the attack, viewed millions of times on social media, helped lead to Heron’s arrest, police said during a news conference.
Among those who gave information was Heron’s employer, Interim First Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said, the Inquirer reported.
The stunning footage shows a motorcyclist stepping on the windscreen. Instagram / vortex.hz
Krasner, a former civil rights attorney who was elected district attorney in 2017, has faced some criticism for his liberal approach to the criminal justice system, including when he said after taking office he would drop cash bail for most nonviolent crimes.
But he indicated he would still seek bail for violent crimes, including aggravated assault, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported at the time.
The district attorney’s office released photos of the motorcycle Heron was riding and the gun he was allegedly carrying. They also showed the high-top Nike shoes he was wearing when he allegedly kicked the windshield.
“The defendant’s criminal actions left four victims traumatized,” said Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford.
Heron is accused of headbutting driver Nikki Bullock, 23, who is a mother of two.WCAU
Bullock previously told NBC 10 she stood up to the biker to protect her two children.
“It was like a small gun and at that point, my windshield was already broken so, what exactly was he going to do to me?” he asked.
Both of his children were lucky not to be injured.
“There’s no scratch on them,” he told NBC10. “It’s just the simple fact that I have kids in the car. I just want to protect them honestly.”
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