ELGINE McARDLE

A Wheeling attorney representing the alleged president of a Marion County motorcycle gang is facing new charges in connection with representing her client, this time for alleged witness intimidation, according to multiple published reports.

Elgine McArdle was arrested after a Tuesday court appearance with her client Ryan Lane, the alleged president of the Pagans Motorcycle Club. Lane was on trial for the 2022 murder of Henry Silver. That trial ended in a mistrial and then, in a plea deal last month, Lane pleaded no contest to one count of being part of an organized criminal enterprise. He could face up to 10 years in prison.

According to reports, McArdle and former Bridgeport City Councilman Lowell Maxey, who was working with McArdle on the case, are accused of convincing two state witnesses that the state was carrying out a personal vendetta against Lane, and both witnesses stopped working with prosecutors.

Both are needed in Lane’s sentencing hearing, according to reports.

Both McArdle and Maxey face other charges connected to the case. McArdle in October was charged with 13 misdemeanor counts of violating confidentiality of recorded interviews of a child. Maxey has been charged with one misdemeanor account of working as a private investigator without a license.

McArdle’s attorney Michael Benninger could not be reached for comment as of Tuesday evening.