DAYTONA BEACH, Florida β Twenty-eight members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were taken into custody today in a joint operation between the Volusia Sheriffβs Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorneyβs 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.
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 Sheriffβs Office, FBI Jacksonville, FBI Tampa, FBI Miami, FBI Richmond, FBI Newark, FBI Columbia, FBI Charlotte, with assistance from the State Attorneyβs Office for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, U.S. Attorneyβs Office for the Middle District of Florida, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S Marshals, FBI Safe Streets Task Force, the sheriffβs 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 |Β Public Information Officer | Office of State Attorney R.J. Larizza, Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit | SAOPIO@SAO7.org
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