Operation Mongolian Beef detained dozens of violent offenders in Central Florida.
A joint investigation between the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office resulted in the arrest of twenty-eight members of the Mongols motorcycle gang.
The following people have been charged with aggravated rioting in connection with the gas station shooting that happened 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) occurs when a person joins in a riot with 25 or more others. It is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
There were also 14 search warrants served, including at the Mongols Clubhouse in Edgewater, four properties in Volusia County, three in Brevard County, two in Miami-Dade County, one in Chesterfield County, Virginia, one in Palm Beach County, and two in Polk County.
