First Thug Riders Motorcycle Club gang member sentenced, 30 months in prison
by: LeAnne Marie McPherson WDTN 2 News Dayton Ohio July 9, 2025
https://www.wdtn.com/news/first-thug-riders-motorcycle-club-gang-member-sentenced-30-months-in-prison/
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The first member of the Thug Riders Motorcycle Club (TRMC) – which faces remarkable allegations including murder, arson and racketeering – was sentenced on July 9.
Michael Seth Henry “Brutal”, 40, from Xenia, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Michael Newman. (Special Assessment of $100 on each count due immediately for a total of $300.)
Per court documents, Henry made a plea agreement.
His defense submitted a memo that said he joined the Thug Riders in September 2022, which was after the club’s alleged murder and arson.
The alleged major crimes the TRMC is facing charges for are the following:
• Blowing up a former member’s vehicle. (Huber Heights, May 2021.)
• Killing a man during a shootout. (Harrison Township, September 2021.)
• Shooting more than 190 live gunfire rounds into a rival motorcycle gang’s clubhouse. (Lexington, Kentucky, April 2023.)
• Threatening and extorting former gang members.
• Breaking the leg of a patron at Toby’s Tavern. (Dayton, June 2023.)
• Attacking a rival gang member at Chris’s Band Box. (Dayton, July 2023.)
• Engaging in a shootout at a different motorcycle gang’s clubhouse. (Springfield, March 2024.)
• Physically assaulting members of another motorcycle gang. (London, May 2024.)
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• The other 13 members of the club facing charges in USA v. Robles et al are the following:
• Brandon W. Fisher, Road Runner, 26. (Piqua.)
• Brent A. Egleston, Be Easy, 36. (Xenia.)
• Cody D. Hughes, Tater, 28. (Columbus.)
• Daniel B. Hutton, Havok, 39. (Fairborn.)
• Jared T. Peters, Savage, 37. (Dayton.)
• Joey A. Marshall, King Joe, Diesel, 44. (Xenia.)
• John A. Smith, Chaos, 37. (Dayton.)
• Joseph M. Rader, Delta, 32. (Richmond, Kentucky.)
• Juan A. Robles, Juan the Man, 45. (Phoenix, Arizona.)
• Justin J. Baker, Wild Boy, 29. (Columbus.)
• Matthew J. Hawkins, Hawk, 32. (Pequea, Pennsylvania.)
• Michael L. Reese, Butcher, 44. (Miamisburg.)
• Norman D. Beach, Stormin’ Normin’, 49. (Dayton)
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, the Dayton chapter and the Midwest Region are both part of the domestic and international outlaw TRMC motorcycle gang that was originally founded in 2003.
2 NEWS is following this case closely.
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