{"id":195679,"date":"2026-05-18T16:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/195679\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:01:10","slug":"jury-selection-begins-for-trail-of-pagans-motorcycle-club-members-after-wawa-shootout-in-west-norriton-township-montgomery-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/195679\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury selection begins for trail of Pagans Motorcycle Club members after Wawa shootout in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST NORRITON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) — Jury selection begins Monday for three members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club in connection with a shootout at a Montgomery County Wawa that left six people injured last year, including two bystanders.<\/p>\n

Investigators say nine members of the Pagan Motorcycle Club<\/a> showed up at the store on West Main Street in West Norriton Township and confronted two rival gang members.<\/p>\n

Joel Hernandez-Martinez, 36, of Bridgeport, Pa.; Justin Ray Noll, 34, of Reading, Pa.; and George Cwienk III, 51, of Bridgeport, Pa., will be tried in front of a jury.<\/p>\n

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Joel Hernandez-Martinez, 36, of Bridgeport, Pa.; Justin Ray Noll, 34, of Reading, Pa.; and George Cwienk III, 51, of Bridgeport, Pa., will be tried in front of a jury.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, members of the Unknown Bikers motorcycle gang stopped at the Wawa to gas up their bikes on October 17 at about 9:08 p.m.<\/p>\n

Two minutes later, members of the Pagans were seen on surveillance video riding by, then pulling into the Wawa.<\/p>\n

Some of the Pagans surrounded the Unknown Bikers, while other Pagans blocked any escape route, detectives said.<\/p>\n

Shooting involving rival motorcycle gangs injures 6 outside Wawa<\/p>\n

There was a physical altercation, in which the Pagans were allegedly seen trying to remove their rivals’ “cuts,” or gang colors.<\/p>\n

Video shows Pagan gang members taking a “shooting platform stance,” the D.A.’s office said.<\/p>\n

Just one minute after the Pagans arrived, detectives said gunfire erupted.<\/p>\n

One member of the Unknown Bikers gang was shot in the left forearm and thigh.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Pagan’s Motorcycle Club involved in shooting at Wawa in Delaware County: Police<\/a><\/p>\n

The other three people shot were Pagans members Hernandez-Martinez, who was shot in the chest; Cwienk, who was shot in the ankle; and Noll, who was shot in the foot.<\/p>\n

Jason Lawless, 45, of Bridgeport, Pa.; George Hripto, 50, of Bridgeport, Pa.; Manuel Baez-Santos, 34, of Norristown, Pa.; and Erik Rosenberger, 46, of East Greenville, Pa., have each pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n

Two others had charges dismissed.
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