Cops among bikers that chased Manhattan dad - New York Daily News

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[h=4]Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News[/h]Dayana Mejia (left) with Gloria Allred, who is representing the family of Edwin Mieses. Mejia is Mieses’ girlfriend and the mother of his two children.

An undercover NYPD detective, afraid of blowing his cover, watched a frothing motorcycle mob terrorize a defenseless Manhattan dad, the Daily News learned Friday.
The off-duty officer was one of two detectives riding Sunday with the two-wheeled thugs who yanked Alexian Lien from his Range Rover and inflicted a beatdown near W. 178th St. in front of the driver’s family, a source told the Daily News.

[h=4]facebook[/h][h=4]Doctors believe Edwin Mieses (pictured) may never walk again, family said.[/h]
Also on Friday, police sources said, the bloodthirsty biker who pulled Lien from his SUV surrendered to authorities.
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[h=4]Joe Tabacca[/h][h=4]Attorney Gloria Allred is representing the family of Mieses, who was hospitalized after he was struck by an SUV allegedly fleeing from a group of angry bikers.[/h]
Reggie Chance, 38, turned himself in and was being questioned at the 33rd Precinct in Washington Heights on Friday night, officials said.
He allegedly bashed in Lien’s driver’s-side window with his helmet and pulled him out of the vehicle to be beaten by the merciless mob in front of his frightened family following the confrontation on the Henry Hudson Parkway.

[h=4]Jefferson Siegel/Sipa Press[/h][h=4]Police say Christopher Cruz (left) purposely stopped short and hit by Lien's SUV.[/h]
He was the second biker involved in the crazed attack to surrender Friday. Accompanied by a lawyer, Robert Sims, 35, of Brooklyn — who was caught on tape running up to the Range Rover and trying to pull one of its doors open — turned himself in at 3 p.m., officials said. Charges against both men were pending Friday night.
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[h=4]Gurber Matthews/Coleman-Rayner/Gurber Matthews/Coleman-Rayner[/h][h=4]A handful of bikers tend to Mieses after he was struck on the Henry Hudson Parkway.[/h]
The law enforcement source said the undercover detective watched people like Sergio Consuegra halt the attack.
“I stood my ground ... I look at them in (their) eyes and they look at me,” Consuegra told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “So basically, there was a little tense moment of maybe couple of seconds looking at each other ... Somehow they stopped.”

[h=4]Edwin Mieses remained in critical condition at St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was being treated for a list of injuries that included spinal fractures.[/h]
The police source said the detective wasn’t investigating anyone on the ride, but he thought he could pick up some tips about criminal activity.
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[h=4]instagram/redyredbx[/h][h=4]Rosalyn Ng (c.) holds her 2-year-old daughter after he husband is pummeled by a group of bikers on W. 178th St.[/h]
“It was like cold calling,” said the source.
The detective left once he knew police were on their way and several people had rushed to Lien’s aid.

[h=4]facebook[/h][h=4]Rosalyn Ng (l.) - who was riding with her husband, Alexian Lien (r.), during the terrifying ordeal - said her husband did what he had to do to get away from the bikers.[/h]
Neither cop informed their superiors that they attended the ruthless ride for several days.
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[h=4]New York Daily News[/h][h=4]The Range Rover was towed into the 33rd Precinct in Washington Heights on Friday.[/h]
The detective told colleagues he didn’t want to end up like Detective Gescard Isnora, an undercover cop involved in the Sean Bell shooting, the source said. Isnora stepped out of his undercover role and fired the first shot as four officers blasted the Queens man with a 50-shot fusillade in 2006. Isnora was fired and lost his pension and health benefits for shooting his weapon while undercover.
So far, only one biker has been charged in the attack. Police say Christopher Cruz, 28, purposely stopped short and was hit by Lien’s SUV.

[h=4]New York Daily News[/h][h=4]Lien was slashed after the bikers broke his window.[/h]
When Lien pulled over, he was quickly swarmed by motorcyclists who began to attack the vehicle, cops said. Lien hit the gas to escape and ran over another rider, Edwin Mieses, 32, who suffered two broken legs.
Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred defended Mieses on Friday, claiming he was trying to defuse the tense situation when he was hit.

[h=4]New York Daily News[/h][h=4]One of the bikers cracked the Range Rover’s window, yanking Lien onto the ground.[/h]
With Jennifer H. Cunningham and Thomas Tracy

[h=4]EDUARDO MUNOZ/REUTERS[/h][h=4]SUV bashed by bikers is towed to police garage as suspect Christopher Cruz is charged in court Friday.[/h]

[h=4]Edwin Mieses (pictured) suffered two broken legs after being hit by Lien's SUV.[/h]