Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (pictured above) and a group of law enforcement agencies announced that 16 alleged members of the Southeast Georgia Chapter of the Outcast Motorcycle Gang were arrested and indicted.
(1/3) NEW: We have indicted 16 alleged members of the Outcast Motorcycle Gang in Bryan County with the help of DA Billy J. Nelson, Jr., Richmond Hill PD, @ATFAtlanta, @RealArmyCID, the Georgia Gang Investigators Association & many other law enforcement partners.
— GA AG Chris Carr (@Georgia_AG) June 5, 2023
The operation, which resulted in the recovery of approximately $180,000 in cash, two motorcycles, two cars, and the seizure of 71 guns, is considered the largest motorcycle gang indictment in Georgia’s history, according to General Carr’s office.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp commended Carr’s office and the law enforcement agencies for their collective work on the operation, writing in a social media post, “When it comes to street gangs, we won’t back down in Georgia until their members are behind bars and they’ve been removed from our communities.”
Great work by @Georgia_AG Chris Carr and public safety partners on all levels who helped investigate and make these arrests.
⁰When it comes to street gangs, we won't back down in Georgia until their members are behind bars and they've been removed from our communities. https://t.co/4RGJw9FPsI— Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) June 5, 2023
The Outcast Motorcycle Gang is considered an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang or a “One-Percenter” Motorcycle Gang and is known to “engage in a range of criminal activity, including murder, assault, and drug and weapons trafficking.”
The alleged gang members are accused of attempting an armed robbery and shooting at Flacos House Bar & Grill and the Red Roof Inn in Richmond Hill, Georgia, on June 17, 2022. The victims were six individuals affiliated with a rival motorcycle club, and civilians present at the scene were also endangered.
The investigation by Carr’s office and multiple local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies also uncovered evidence of a year-long conspiracy to violently assault members of the rival motorcycle club and steal their motorcycle vests. The criminal activities of the Southeast Georgia Chapter of the Outcast Motorcycle Gang are believed to have occurred in multiple jurisdictions across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
The investigation into the gang members lasted over 13 months. During that time, law enforcement agencies obtained and executed more than 40 search warrants, including 17 residential ones, Carr’s office notes.
The gang has 67 chapters nationwide, including four in the Peach State.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and The Star News Network.
Photo “Chris Carr” by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. Background Photo “Courtroom” by Carol M. Highsmith.
