GREENFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) – Two members of a Ludlow motorcycle club have been convicted in a serious 2011 assault in Orange.
Prosecutors say that on December 29, 2011, 24-year-old Jake O’Connor of Granby and 49-year-old William Flood of Springfield, members of the Ludlow charter of the Longriders Motorcycle Club, were involved in a verbal altercation inside an Orange bar.
That argument escalated into a fight, resulting in two men suffering serious injuries.
On Tuesday, a Franklin County Superior Court jury found the two men guilty on all charges.
O’Connor was found guilty on charges of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) resulting in serious bodily injury, aggravated assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury, and threatening to commit a crime.
Flood was found guilty of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) resulting in serious bodily injury, aggravated assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury, assault and battery, and two counts of intimidation of a witness.
O’Connor was sentenced to two to five years in MCI-Cedar Junction in Norfolk on one count, followed by three years probation to start after he is released from jail. He is also to refrain from the use of drugs and alcohol, take random drug screenings, stay away from and have no contact with the victims or their families, and have no affiliation with the Longriders or any other motorcycle club.
Flood received a sentence of two and a half years on four counts, with each sentence to be served concurrently in the Franklin County House of Correction. He also received a three year probation on one count, which will start after his sentence. Once out of jail, Flood has the same probation conditions as O’Connor.
Scum.
1. Im pretty sure you werent there.
2. You don’t know anything about these 2 guys.
3. Half of this goddamn story is WRONG.
I don’t know where they got their information but maybe they should have checked it before putting it up on a website for all to see.
You are the scum for not thinking about the families of these men and the fact that our judicial system is a JOKE. They should be home for Christmas but because of the corruption in our amazing system their families have to face this time without them.
Be a little smarter next time you decide to believe everything you hear.
pretty sure you don’t know anything about this story either
I know… they’re my family…
Wow! It’s too bad, you can choose your friends but not your family members. I know Jake from my bar and he is very arrogant and ignorant. Do you believe in Karma? What goes around, comes around. They must live and learn!
You know him from a bar? You must really know him then…
maybe you should write the story if you can do any better
If the report is wrong then my bad, I apologize. The truth shall set you free.
well they did get found guilty by their peers !!!!
Which given the evidence stunned us all. Theres much more to these cases when it comes to MCs.
how does evidence stun you all ? you get to see what you are accused of before trial and the evidence ! just seams to me that they lost and now a family member is upset it didn’t go their way !!! why where they at a bar ? where they drinking ? and if not why bother going into a bar where trouble could be ? hopefully people will learn from this and not make things worse !!!!!!
Can we be provided with the mugshots of what these two great members of our society look like? I realize that we are always given these mugshots of individuals that are either arrested, in the process of trial or convicted and for some reason, these two individuals are special.