Office Of The State Attorney
R.J. Larizza, 7th Judicial Circuit

Office Of The State Attorney
R.J. Larizza, 7th Judicial Circuit

Dozens of Violent Offenders Arrested in Operation Mongolian Beef

Press Release | July 2, 2025

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – Twenty-eight members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were taken into custody today in a joint operation between the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 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 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.

  1. Tyler Maxamillian Araya
  2. Max Martin Bastuardo
  3. Gary Robert Bedsaul (Arrest still pending)
  4. John Paul Bertrand
  5. Christopher Allen Boyd
  6. Peri John Butler
  7. Pablo Jorge Cardoza Baptista
  8. Jarrad Bryce Cawley
  9. Francis G. Gomez
  10. Daniel Hernandez
  11. Sean Jeffery Hoholik
  12. Trevor Frank Kopp (Arrest still pending)
  13. Kevin Koul
  14. Matthew David Limperatos
  15. Daniel William Macumber
  16. Robert Brandon Maness
  17. Shawn Anthony Marshall
  18. Steve Patino-Rangel
  19. Justin Ballard Perry
  20. Chadwick Lee Price
  21. Michael Angel Rodriguez
  22. Mario Silvestri (Arrest still pending)
  23. Spencer Ryan Skipworth
  24. Timothy Adam Stephens
  25. Joseph Harry James Summerhill
  26. Anthony Christopher Trimboli
  27. Jacob Rolando Velez
  28. Clinton Neal Walker (Previously arrested and charged related to this shooting)
  29. Douglas Ray White
  30. Kash Williams
  31. 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 this morning, 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, VA, one home in Palm Beach County, and two homes in Polk County.

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, 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.

The investigation is ongoing and other charges could be added.

For more information contact:

Haley Harrison | Public Information Officer | Office of State Attorney R.J. Larizza, Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit | SAOPIO@SAO7.org

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