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Motorcyclist in fatal crash jail after bail hiked

Matthew Byank and Lauren Parris are seen together

Photo credit: Facebook.com | Matthew Byank and Lauren Parris are seen together in an undated Facebook photo. Police said they tried to pull over Byank for speeding Monday night before the motorcycle accident in which Parris was killed.

The Manorville man whose pregnant fiancee died when the motorcycle he was driving crashed in Amagansett was jailed Friday after he pleaded not guilty in Riverhead to manslaughter and other charges.

Wearing a dark suit and a sling for a broken collarbone he suffered in the May 24 crash, Matthew Byank, 19, was taken into custody when Judge Stephen Braslow increased his bail at his arraignment...

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