Iron Order Motorcycle Club

Early history

The Iron Order Motorcycle Club was started in Jeffersonville, IN on July 4, 2004. There were 8 original founding members. In April 2005, the IOMC opened its first Mother Chapter clubhouse in Louisville, KY. By late 2005, the IOMC had grown to 6 chapters, (Louisville, KY; Atlanta, GA; Columbus, IN; Cincinnati, OH; Washington, D.C.; and West Palm Beach, FL) and the IOMC has been growing steadily since, granting new Charters and members nationwide and eventually worldwide. By late 2015 there were over 300 chapters spanning the globe.

Insignia

The Iron Order Motorcycle Club, like most other motorcycle clubs, hold meaning in their insignia. They wear a three-piece patch reminiscent of the original motorcycle clubs of the 1950s and of outlaw motorcycle clubs. This collection of patches is made up of a top rocker saying "Iron Order" a center patch with the club logo "Jughead," a bottom rocker denoting what state the club claims, and a "MC Cube" denoting that they are a Motorcycle Club. They also wear name and position patches, as well as some additional patches such as IOFFIO (Iron Order Forever, Forever Iron Order), MBBM (My Brother Before Me), and the number 8 in a diamond, which stands for the original 8 founders of the club.

Membership

In order to become an Iron Order prospect, candidates must have a valid driver's license, 650 cc or higher, cruiser style motorcycle, good character, and no felony convictions. Along with having the likeness of mind to the Iron Order members.

As in many other motorcycle clubs, after a member is patched-in, the patches themselves remain the property of Iron Order MC rather than the member. On leaving the Iron Order MC, or being ejected, they must be returned to the club.

Altercations

The IOMC is a law abiding, independent and neutral motorcycle club. Members of the IOMC have been verbally and physically confronted by other clubs, in part because of the make up of the IOMC. “Probably the best way to put it in a nutshell is to say the Iron Order has been having problems with everybody,” said Steve Cook, executive director of the Midwest Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association, because they do not seek permission to exist nor permission to wear their club colors.

2013 – 5 June 2013. Iron Order Motorcycle Club was involved in a fight with Los Lobos MC in Cheyenne, Wyoming, which involved approximately 17 people. Los Lobos members David Burleski and Timothy Hougardy were arrested on assault charges and concealed weapon charges. Prosecutors deemed the actions of the Iron Order members to be self defense and no members of Iron Order were charged.

2014 – 26 June 2014. Black Pistons MC member Zachariah Tipton was killed with a single shot by an Iron Order Motorcycle Club prospect, Kristopher Stone (who is a medic in the National Guard) at the Nippers Beach Grille in Jacksonville, Florida. The Florida State Attorney, Angela Corey, declined to charge Kristopher Stone, stating that the actions by Mr. Stone were deemed justifiable and self-defense in accordance with Florida state law.

2014 – 7 June 2014. Four members of the Chosen Sons MC are charged with instigating a fight against the Iron Order. The Chosens Sons also have law enforcement members. No members of the Iron Order are charged. Four members of the Chosen Sons were arrested and charged. Three pleaded guilty to minor charges, while the fourth, a Baltimore police officer, was cleared of charges.

2015 – 21 February 2015. A gunfight breaks out in Meridian, Mississippi between the Iron Order and the Pistoleros when the Pistoleros confronted IOMC members in the parking lot. The fight started outside of the Echo Lounge. Three men were injured in the fight.

2015 – 10 June 2015. Iron Order involved in fight with the Iron Horsemen MC in Kentucky. One person struck by a vehicle.

2015 – 19 June 2015. Around 9:45pm outside the Bar-B-Q Pit restaurant in Lower Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania, a fight breaks out between Iron Order members Wayne Ritchie and Timothy Martin against Mark Groff. Mark Groff’s fiancee, Tonya Focht. also gets involved in the fight and falls towards a moving vehicle where it is believed she was run over by the back right wheel. The Berks District Attorney, John T Adams, stated that their investigation did not uncover enough information to file homicide charges.

2016 – 30 January 2016. A fight breaks out at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado between the Iron Order MC and Mongols MC. Mongols member Victor Mendoza, known as “Nubs”, is shot. Mongol Jared Chadwick, known as “Hercules” is also shot and badly wounded. The Iron Order claims that the shooting was self defense. Iron Order member Derrick “Kong” Duran is arrested at the venue following the murder and can be seen in video footage at the complex holding a pistol. As well as being a member of the motorcycle club Derrick Duran is also an employee of the Colorado Department of Corrections. There is a decision made by Denver District Attorney Mitchell R. Morrissey not to prosecute Derrick Duran, as the shooting was deemed self defense.