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Members of a Dayton motorcycle club charged following investigation by the Organized Crime Task Force

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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a grand jury in a federal court in Dayton has indicted the Midwest Region “boss” and 13 other members of the “outlaw motorcycle gang” known as the Thug Riders Motorcycle Club.

The indictment alleges that the club operated a criminal organization whose members and associates committed violent acts such as murder, arson and assault. In addition, members allegedly engaged in extortion and identity fraud.

An accusation is an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The charges were refiled on June 11, and federal and local law enforcement arrested all 14 defendants yesterday, according to a press release.

According to the indictment, members of the TRMC Dayton chapter engaged in blatant acts in support of their business, including:

  • Blowing up a former member’s vehicle in Huber Heights in May 2021;
  • Killing of a man during a September 2021 shooting in Harrison Township;
  • firing more than 190 rounds of live ammunition at the clubhouse of a rival motorcycle gang in Lexington, Kentucky in April 2023;
  • Threats and blackmail of former gang members;
  • breaking a customer’s leg at Toby’s Tavern in Dayton in June 2023;
  • Attack on a member of a rival gang at Chris’s Band Box in Dayton in July 2023;
  • Participating in a shooting at a motorcycle gang clubhouse in Springfield, Ohio in March 2024; and
  • Physical attacks on members of another motorcycle gang in London, Ohio, in May 2024.

The following persons are accused in the indictment:

Surname Also known as Old Place of residence
Juan A. Robles Juan, the man 45 Phoenix, Arizona
Joey A. Marshall King Joe, Diesel 44 Xenia, Ohio
Jared T. Peters Wild 37 Dayton, Ohio
Brandon W. Fisher Roadrunner 26 Piqua, Ohio
John A. Smith chaos 37 Dayton, Ohio
Norman D. Beach Storms the norm 49 Dayton, Ohio
Michael S. Henry Brutally 40 Xenia, Ohio
Daniel B. Hutton Havok 39 Fairborn, Ohio
Michael L. Reese Butcher 44 Miamisburg, Ohio
Matthew J. Hawkins Falcon 32 Pequea, Pennsylvania
Joseph M. Rader delta 32 Richmond, Kentucky
Justin J. Baker Wild Boy 29 Columbus, Ohio
Cody D. Hughes Perpetrator 28 Columbus, Ohio
Brent A. Egleston Be relaxed 36 Xenia

Count one of the indictment charges Robles, Marshall, Peters, Fisher, Smith, Beach and Henry with conspiracy to commit organized crime (RICO). The remaining three counts of the indictment charge the defendants with assault, attempted assault and conspiracy to commit assault. The organized crime conspiracy charged in this case is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

This prosecution is part of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Task Force to combat organized crime.

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