Operation Mongolian Beef arrested dozens of violent offenders in Central Florida.
Twenty-eight members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were recently taken into custody in a joint operation between the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.
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.
- 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
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.
There were also 14 search warrants executed, including at the Mongols Clubhouse in Edgewater, 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…