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Teen Accused of Assaulting Elderly Man

Police: Teenager claims he's a Crip, and allegedly threatened to shoot elderly man at Pedaller Bike Shop

 

Police said an 18-year-old Conshohocken resident -- and Perkiomen Valley High School graduate -- allegedly punched an employee at Pedaller Bike Shop and claimed he was a Crip gang member and threatened to get a gun and shoot the victim.

Josef A. Riley, 18, of the 400 block of West Fourth Street, Conshohocken, was arrested Dec. 28 and charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, harassment and disorderly conduct, police said.

Riley was arraigned before District Judge Kenneth Deatelhauser, who set bail at $50,000. Riley failed to post bail and was remanded to Montgomery County Correctional Facility.

A preliminary hearing is set before District Judge Harold Borek on Jan. 6, 2012 at 10 a.m.

Police responded to Pedaller Bike Shop at 12:35 p.m. Dec. 28, located on the 500 block of South Broad Street in The Pavilion Shopping Center.

Reports indicated a young, white male, wearing all black clothing, was assaulting and threatening to shoot an elderly male, police said.

When police arrived, Riley began running from the scene, police said.

Riley was found not to be in possession of a gun. When officers informed him of the report of a threat with a gun, Riley allegedly told police, "I'm going to go to North Philly, get my gun and come back and shoot him! I'm a Crip!"

The following is what the 76-year-old victim told police:

Riley had come into the shop asking about buying two bicycles, police said.

Riley told the victim he needed to make arrangements to get more money and suddenly walked behind the counter and began using the business's computer without authorization, police said.

The victim told Riley he could not be behind the counter, at which time Riley allegedly became enraged and began cursing at the man, police said.

Riley then allegedly pushed and punched the victim in the face, police said.

Riley has had five criminal incidents in Montgomery County since June 2011, according to docket sheets in the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System.

Riley was arrested in Skippack Township on June 27, 2011 for simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and criminal mischief, according to county records.

Bail was modified to $5,000 straight cash in lieu of $10,000 unsecured. All charges were held to county court, with a pre-arraignment holding of Dec. 14, 2011.

Riley was arrested again in Skippack on July 23, 2011 for simple assault and harassment, according to county records.

A pre-trial conference has been set in county court for Jan. 11, 2012 on all these previous charges.

Related Topics: Perkiomen Valley High School, assault case, pedaller bike shop, and skippack township

Paula Goff

12:22 pm on Monday, January 2, 2012

What town did this happen in?

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Chelsea

7:32 pm on Monday, January 2, 2012

Joe you dumb ass, you are nothing like you were in high school, Im ashamed um know him now and I feel so sorry for that older gentleman.

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J.R. sr

3:45 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

...wow....I hope his cellmate sees this video, and puts us all out of his misery.....wow.....

SL

10:10 am on Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Idiot. Wanna be gangster. Let him sit in jail until his hearing so he can see what it is like.

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John Scioli

12:07 am on Thursday, January 5, 2012

Don't drop the soap kid, I hear they like pretty boy tough guys like this kid in the joint....Have fun gangster, wait til the real gang members really initiate you in jail....I feel really sorry for these disillusioned youth in today's society. These kids come from nice neighborhoods in suburban and rural settings yet somehow or some way they emulate this whole "gang" persona . I really do not get it. It baffles me in fact these foolish kids and their behavior and poor judgement. Being someone who has lived in impoverished areas in parts of cities that look like demilitarized zones, I would never speak about those sad days in my life as if it were glamorous. There is nothing glamorous about breaking the law or about terrorizing people. The prisons in this country are overcrowded and it is sad that this young man will think this is a notch on his belt as far as jailing goes. Sadly kids like this guy will not grow up or even mature. All the real gangsters are dead or in jail already. These phoney baloney paper bag gangster wannabes sicken me to the core. Stop the nonsense kids! Heed my warning before its too late!

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Thomas Pursell

6:07 am on Saturday, January 7, 2012

no all the real gangstas are smart enough not to get caught, a nd if you get killed thats on you i dont

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Paula Goff

11:37 am on Saturday, January 7, 2012

gangstas are NOT smart! Except the white-collar ones who rob you with the stroke of a pen. And sometimes even they get caught.

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Jennifer

7:09 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012

It is sad John, People moved their families out here to the "hicks" to keep their kids away from the ghetto that their neighborhood's had become. Unfortunately it appears as though their kids want to go back. Back when we were in school you had the jocks, potheads and the nerds. Now you have the Emo's, Gangsta's, Jocks, Druggies (as in hard stuff not weed) Nerds and the Entitled.

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Thomas Pursell

2:38 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT HERE THEN GET OUT! IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE OVER TIME AND S THE STATEYS AIN'T GONNA DO A THING ABOUT IT ADMIT IT, NO ONE DOES A DAMN THING FOR ANY ONE ELSE AROUND HERE CAUSE EVERY BODY IS TO BUSY TRYIN TO KEEP EVERY PENNY THEY CAN LOOK AT WHAT ARE YOUTH THE SUPPOSIVE FUTURE HAS SKIPPACK OK THEY HAVE PALMER BUT THAT MADE FOR LIL KIDS,THEN THEY HAVE CHURH ROAD PARK SO YOUR PROBABLY THINKING WELL WHAT ABOUT THE SHOPS PRETTY MUCH IF YOUR UNDER 18 YOUR NOT WELCOME IN THOSE SHOPS SO WITH NO WHERE TO GO NOTHING TO DO WHATS THERE TO DO HMM.. IF YOU HAVE A BRAIN WELL A SOME WHAT WORKIN ONE YOU CAN PUT THE PEICES TOGETHER SCHWENKSVILLE OH BOY THE PRAVILLION WITH NOTHING AT ALL THERE HMM. WHAT TO DO OH OK THERES THE FLAT GAPS BUT REALLY ARE YOU SERIOUS ARE YOU PUTTIN HIS TOGETHER AT ALL APPARENTLY NOT SPRING MOUNT OH BOY THE HAVE A HILL FOR SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING BUT WITH THIS ECONOMY OHH SORRY JOHNYIF YOU GO YOU CANT EAT THIS WEEK, AND YOU REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT A PROBLEM HOW ABOUT THAT PROBABLY EVERY SINGLE MEXICAN IS HERE ILLEGALLY THAT MY POTENTAIL MONEY, YOUR POTENTAIL MONEY, HELL MAYBE IF THESE KIDS IN MY GENERATION WOULDN'T DO DRUGS IF THERE WERE SOME JOB OPENINGS BUT NO THERE ALL FILLED BY ILLEGAL IMIGRANTS SO MAYBE YOUR CAR WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET JACKED BY SOME LIL PUNKS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY IN THIS TOWN WHAT SO EVER , SO MAYBE IF YOU WANT CHANGE DO SOMTHIN ABOUT IT YOURSELF CONT.

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Thomas Pursell

2:45 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

YOU WANT THIS TOWN CORRECT AND HICKED OUT AS I GEUSS YOU SO CALL IT THEN DO SOMTHIN AND IM NOT RELIABLE FOR ANY OF YOUR ACTIONS. HOW YOU TAKE MY WORDS ARE UPON YOU BUT SERIOUSLY
EVERY ONE NEEDSTO COME TOGETHER AND GET THIS TOWN BACK TO THE WAY IT USE TO BE AND OH YEAH THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND THANK YOU FOR YOURS

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J.R. sr

3:54 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

What just happened? I dont understand a thing that you tried to say....please repeat....

Blind Dog

10:45 am on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Thomas,

Stop yelling at us. And use a comma or period once in a while.

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Paula Goff

9:41 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Did somebody forget to take their meds today? Seriously, if it was all that bad around here there would be way more teen crime that there actually is. Yes, it would be good if there was more for youths to do, but 99.9% aren't going out & commiting crimes of boredom. This particular kid sounds as if he has mental/emotional problems And there's no reason to blame problems around here on illegal immigrants,

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Thomas Pursell

3:03 am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012

paula goff, you obvisouly are not from skippack, because honestly about everyone and their grand mothers do around hear know who i am and what i do and for an out sider such as your self and considering im known threw out the entire village you might wanna check your sources yeah joe riley letalone has issues but drugs didn't help him and if you talk to kids in this town shop owners are quick to call the cops for even sittin on a bench in front of there store but not on their propertie's.this town does not offer any thing for us to do.people can't even get out of here with out a car cus they dont want people from other neighborhoods comin here so that don't have septa . and no i'm not prescribed meds because i don't have health insurance ok lady so reallyall i am is a 20 year old white male that ticked off because i can't get a job and all these illegal immigrants have them and yeah they are part of the problem because our car theft rate has gone up so much over the years, and if there were no mexicans there be more job oppurtunitys,which people could make their own money and seriously check who your talkin too before you speak

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Jacqueline Butera

7:48 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012

Thomas Pursell..before you start threatening people like you are the gangster...maybe you should go back to school or find someone to type the comments for you. I really think that I lost a whole lot of brain cells trying to read your dumbass comments, You don't know how to spell anything correctly..and maybe you could get a job if you weren't so ignorant!

Thomas Pursell

3:06 am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012

nor do i have any assistance from the goverment, so geuss what i have to pay my bills so mexicans are part of the problem in my town when theres 3 to 4 illegally workin at each restraunt

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Thomas Pursell

3:07 am on Tuesday, January 24, 2012

and the entire force of laborer on dave markals properties are mexican or some othewr type of alien how is that not a problem

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Thomas Pursell

8:00 pm on Friday, January 27, 2012

No i'm not got lighten up at all.. I'm tired of this entire town, and how every one put these lies to my names, as in using my name as a scape goat.. people trying to put my name at the scene's of the crime when all i have is 2 things on my criminal record one for destruction of public property, and one for disturbing the peace which was a in home matter, i've never been to jail, and i have my high school diploma. sure i dropped out because i was having dental issues, but guess what, i went back , and sure my high school record are definitely not the greatest, but at least I am trying to get it together but it s kinda hard when you got all these finger's pointing at you, and put a tight chain on you to how far you could expand. this town is holding me back so much threw their false accusations, so it's not that mad insane or crazy, it's just that i am so fed up, i don't know what to do, as edgar winter said in the song dying to live." Why am I fighting to live if I 'm just living to fight?
Why am I trying to see when there ain't nothing in sight?
Why am I trying to give when no one gives me a try?
Why am I dying to live if I'm just living to die?"

Do you see where i'm coming from a little bit now that you hopefully peeped it threw my perspective. I'm just a guy with good intentions just never had that chance to grasp. I hope you do,

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Thomas Pursell

8:02 pm on Friday, January 27, 2012

understand where i'm coming from.
thank you

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