Biker Story

Part 2: A Biker Smashed a Teen’s Phone — Then Everyone Saw What He Was Filming

My name is Ray Ortega, and I owned Ortega’s Route 66 Diner before my knees convinced me to sell it.…

Part 2: A Biker Pounded on My Car Window — Then I Realized Why He Wouldn’t Let Me Drive

My name is Harold Whitcomb, and before that day, I didn’t much care for bikers. That is not a proud…

Part 2: A Biker Burst Into an Old Woman’s Room — Then We Saw Why He Came Back

My name is Dana Mitchell, and I worked second shift at Willow Creek for nine years. People think nursing homes…

Part 2: A Biker Showed a Child His Skull Tattoos — Then She Finally Held Out Her Arm

My name is Karen Wells, and for eleven years I ran the volunteer desk at Presbyterian Children’s Center off Central…

Part 2: A Biker Threw Me to the Diner Floor — Then the Camera Showed Why

I need to tell you what I thought about bikers before that day. Nothing kind. I grew up in a…

Part 2: A Biker Held a Little Girl on His Harley — Then Her Mother Screamed “Kidnapper”

I didn’t know Cal well before that day. Nobody really did. Flagstaff is a funny town. We get tourists on…

Part 2: A Father Was Blocked Outside Graduation — Then the Bikers Made Everyone Turn Around

My name is Marlene Price, and for nineteen years I worked as a secretary for Ridgeview High School. That means…

Part 2: A Little Girl Waited Outside the Police Station — Then a Biker Took Her In

His real name was Jonah Rusk, though nobody on the road called him that anymore. They called him Graveyard because…

Part 2: She Was Fired for Helping a Stranger — Until the Biker’s Real Name Came Out

I had been driving long-haul for seventeen years by then, and I knew Miller’s Roadside Diner the way truckers know…

Part 2: They Accused an Old Man of Stealing — Then a Biker Demanded the Camera Footage

The biker’s name was Clay Mercer, though the men in his club called him Preacher, which was funny because he…