Warlocks Motorcycle Club (Florida)
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| Motto | To find us, you must be good; to catch us, you must be fast; to beat us, you must be kidding |
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| Founded | 1967 |
| Location | Lockhart (near Orlando), Florida |
| Founder | Tom "Grub" Freeland |
| Type | Outlaw motorcycle club |
| Region | USA, Canada, Germany, UK (41 chapters total) |
| Membership | 500+ |
| Website |
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| Abbreviation | 23, WMC, Warlocks Nation |
The Warlocks Motorcycle Club was founded in 1967 in Florida, USA by ex-US naval servicemen serving on the USS Shangri-La aircraft carrier. It is a "One Percenter motorcycle club" with chapters in various parts of the United States, Canada, UK and Germany. Established by Tom "Grub" Freeland,[1] an ex-US Navy sailor, in Lockhart, Florida (near Orlando) in 1967, its Mother Chapter is still based there. They have eleven chapters in Florida, seven in South Carolina, five in Virginia, four in West Virginia, two in Georgia, two in Ohio, one in Minnesota, one in New York, three in Canada, three in England, and two in Germany. There are also several Nomads who live and work in states that don't have Warlocks chapters.
The club's insignia is a blazing eagle between a top and bottom rocker, their colors are crimson red, gold and orange. Mottos include "Our Business is None of Your Fucking Business" and "Warlocks forever, forever Warlocks" ("W.F.F.W.").[2]
Criminal activities
The Warlocks were investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 1991, after Steve Martin, an undercover agent, infiltrated the club, and several members were arrested and released. Again, in 2003 the ATF investigated the Warlocks, and convicted several members of drug and weapon charges once more.[3]
Several members and associates were arrested in a small Alberta, Canada town in March 2014 on weapons charges.[4]