2 HELD AFTER ATTACKS SKINHEAD GANG CLASH BLAMED.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Two reputed members of a skinhead skinhead Member of an international youth subculture characterized by hair and dress styles evoking aggression and physical toughness. Typical skinhead style includes shaved heads, combat boots, tattoos, and prominent body piercings. gang were arrested Thursday in connection with Feb. 1 assaults on two teen-agers outside a Lancaster club, officials said. A 17-year-old girl was cited on an assault charge and released to her parents, while 21-year-old Ron Lyons Ron "Peaches" Lyons (Born in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada) was a Canadian Professional Hockey player who played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Quakers and Boston Bruins. of Palmdale was being held at the Lancaster sheriff's station in lieu of $20,000 bail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. . The girl's name was not released because of her age. A second man is being sought, deputies said Friday. ``This attack did not involve weapons, but one of the victims may have taken a kick to the head,'' said Deputy Chris Keeling, who is investigating the attack. Officials said the Savanna savanna or savannah (both: səvăn`ə), tropical or subtropical grassland lying on the margin of the trade wind belts. teen club has had reports of fights and drug use in the parking lot on its Punk Rock Nights on Fridays and Saturday. The club has closed its 15th Street West location and is expected to reopen in the Lancaster Marketplace, according to a recording on its phone line. Keeling said the assault victims were 14- and 17-year-old boys. The 14- year-old, who was beaten by at least two men, was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital but was released the next day. The 17-year-old victim was slapped in the face but was otherwise not injured, Keeling said. Officials said the assaults stemmed from a long-standing dispute between two groups of skinheads Noun 1. skinheads - a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks - one racist, the other anti-racist. |
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