By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Twenty-eight members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were taken into custody today in a joint operation between the FBI Jacksonville Division, Volusia Sheriff’s Office, and the Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.
In addition, arrest warrants have been issued for three additional Mongols gang members, and their arrests are pending.
The arrests stem from a biker melee at the Race Trac gas station in New Smyrna Beach during Bike Week.
The following individuals have been charged with aggravated rioting related to the gas station shooting that occurred in New Smyrna Beach during Bike Week on March 8, 2025:
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- Tyler Maxamillian Araya
- Max Martin Bastuardo
- Gary Robert Bedsaul (arrest still pending)
- John Paul Bertrand
- Christopher Allen Boyd
- Peri John Butler
- Pablo Jorge Cardoza Baptista
- Jarrad Bryce Cawley
- Francis G. Gomez
- Daniel Hernandez
- Sean Jeffery Hoholik
- Trevor Frank Kopp (arrest still pending)
- Kevin Koul
- Matthew David Limperatos
- Daniel William Macumber
- Robert Brandon Maness
- Shawn Anthony Marshall
- Steve Patino-Rangel
- Justin Ballard Perry
- Chadwick Lee Price
- Michael Angel Rodriguez
- Mario Silvestri (arrest still pending)
- Spencer Ryan Skipworth
- Timothy Adam Stephens
- Joseph Harry James Summerhill
- Anthony Christopher Trimboli
- Jacob Rolando Velez
- Clinton Neal Walker (previously arrested and charged related to this shooting)
- Douglas Ray White
- Kash Williams
- Gaige Alexander Wilson
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Aggravated rioting (Florida Statute 870.01 3) is when a person participates in a riot of 25 or more other people. It is a second-degree felony and punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
The FBI and partners also executed 14 search warrants, including at the Mongols Clubhouse in Edgewater, Florida; four homes in Volusia County; three homes in Brevard County; two homes in Miami-Dade County; one home in Chesterfield County, Virginia; one home in Palm Beach County; and two homes in Polk County.
“The FBI has made a commitment to all Americans that we will crush violent crime across the country," said FBI Jacksonville Special Agent in Charge Jason Carley. "I’m proud to share that the FBI is delivering our commitment to you here in Florida. Operation Mongolian Beef is just one example of how the FBI brings our full force of investigative capabilities to assist our law enforcement partners and protect our communities. There is no doubt Volusia County and, in fact, the entire state of Florida is safer today with these violent offenders off the street.”
This joint operation was carried out by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, FBI Jacksonville, FBI Tampa, FBI Miami, FBI Richmond, FBI Newark, FBI Columbia, and FBI Charlotte, with assistance from the State Attorney’s Office for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S Marshals, FBI Safe Streets Task Force, the sheriff’s offices of Brevard, Broward, Collier, Escambia, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk, and the police departments of Boca Raton, DeLand, Lakeland, New Smyrna Beach, Palm Bay, Orange City, Orlando, Rockledge, and Titusville.