PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A man authorities have said is the leader of the Rhode Island chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club was arrested over the weekend after a scuffle at a strip club, police said.
Joseph Lancia, 28, of Smithfield, pleaded not guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and simple assault stemming from the altercation late Saturday night at the Cadillac Lounge.
Officers working a detail at the club saw Lancia punch a bouncer in the face, Maj. David Lapatin said. The bouncer did not want to press charges, but because police witnessed it, Lancia was charged with disorderly conduct.
Lancia was charged in June after state police said he fired a gun at a person driving by the Hells Angels’ Providence clubhouse. No one was injured.
He will remain locked up because authorities say he violated the conditions of his $100,000 bail in that case, The Providence Journal reported.
His attorney, Joseph Voccola, said victim in the strip club case “doesn’t even want to come forward.”
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