Teen linked to ‘Gilbert Goons’ — a gang charged with fatal Halloween beating of boy
A suspect allegedly linked to a teen gang that terrorized an affluent Arizona suburb has pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated assault.
Gage Garrison, 19, was arrested in January in connection with an aggravated assault on Dec. 3, 2022, News12 reported.
Garrison was also one of several suspects tied to an assault on another teen at a party on Dec. 17, 2022, the outlet said.
Both Garrison and Cody Kostoryz, 18, were named as part of the group that ambushed an underaged boy at a girl’s birthday party, court records showed.
Video footage of the brutal assault captured the older attackers restraining the victim while they took turns punching and kicking him — and even landed a few hits with brass knuckles, the outlet reported.
The victim supposedly told police that he was targeted for standing up for a friend at school.
Garrison and two others — Jack Woods and Kyler Renner — were also implicated for the Dec. 3 attack, which took place in a parking garage.
Woods is believed to have used brass knuckles on the victim in that incident, the indictment showed.
Garrison will be sentenced on Sept. 26, according to the court docket.
Garrison and the other suspects in the December 2022 attacks are believed to be members of the so-called “Gilbert Goons,” a gang of teens from wealthy families who are now linked to several assaults and a murder case.
Seven young men from the Gilbert area — including Kyler Renner’s brother, Talan — have been charged in the death of Preston Lord, 16, who died from his injuries sustained two days after being assaulted at a Halloween party last fall.
Talan Renner, then 17, allegedly bragged about the brutal beatdown, gloating that “I guess I’m just too strong” after Lord died.
“I got in a fight, a big group fight and I accidentally killed a kid,” he wrote in a Snapchat message, police said. “I guess I’m just too strong.”
The Gilbert Police Department officially designated the Gilbert Goons as a hybrid gang in May, though the defendants in active cases will not face gang-related charges, News12 said.
