16 FL White Supremacist Gang Members Indicted For Racketeering

TAMPA, FL — Sixteen members of the white supremacist gang, Unforgiven, were indicted Thursday in the U.S. Middle District Court in Tampa after being accused of taking part in a racketeering enterprise that committed violent crimes with the help of corrupt law enforcement officers and state employees.

Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announced the unsealing of the indictment charging the gang members with crimes including murder, kidnapping, threats of violence, robbery, assaults with deadly weapons, smuggling contraband to prison inmates and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

The indictment alleges that Unforgiven members from throughout Florida used “corrupt law enforcement officers and state employees” to gather information about people, investigations and prosecutions, and to smuggle items to inmates.

The indictment charges each of the 16 men with committing at least one violent act.

One charge accuses David Howell, 35, of Loxahatchee of assaulting protestors with a dangerous weapon at a Florida Peace Walk for Black Lives on June 5, 2020.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the St. Petersburg Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces program.

Members of Unforgiven who were indicted include:

• Maverick Maher, aka Saxon, 39, of Pensacola, indicted for assault in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit assault, threats of violence, two counts of conspiracy to commit an assault and threats of violence.
• Scott Marshall, aka Solo, 45, of Port Richey, indicted for kidnapping and assault.
• Jarrett Arnold, aka Jit, 31, of Zephyrhills, indicted for kidnapping and threats of violence.
• Joshua Fisher, aka Hammer, 27, of Brooksville, indicted for assault, kidnapping and three counts of conspiracy to commit assault.
• Levi Sharp, aka Sketch, 38, of Satsuma, indicted for assault and kidnapping.
• George Andrews, II, aka Shrek, 51, of Pensacola, indicted for assault and conspiracy to commit assault.
• James Mapoles, aka Matt Mapoles and Matt Criston, 40, of Panama City, indicted on three counts of conspiracy to commit assaults.
• David Howell, 35, of Loxahatchee, indicted on two counts of conspiracy to commit assaults and assault.
• Ryann Howard, aka Auto, 39, of Orange Park, indicted on two counts of conspiracy to commit assaults.
• Ryan McLaughlin, aka Pretty Boy, 35, of Jacksonville, indicted on two counts of conspiracy to commit assaults.
• Darrin Terranova, aka Nova, 51, of Beverly Hills, indicted for conspiracy to commit an assault.
• Brandon Welch, aka Scumbag, 34, of Milton, indicted on one count of assault.
• Joshua Williamson, aka Chain Gang, 36, of Live Oak, indicted on one count of assault.
• Steve Anderson, 28, of Bristol, indicted on two counts of conspiracy to commit assaults.
• Joshua Hall, aka K9, 42, of Wildwood, indicted for kidnapping.
• William Walker, aka The Duke, 38, of Jacksonville, indicted on conspiracy to commit an assault.

If found guilty, the gang members could receive maximum prison sentences of three to 49 years.