Many of them amount to typical jailhouse shenanigans, like tearing clothes to make fishing lines to pass notes. Crime scene photos from the Oct. 15, 2016 murder of Doug Maynard at High Desert Prison, allegedly carried out by Bobby Stockton and ordered by Jake Corbett. Maynards killing was one of five murders along with four thwarted murder plots that federal prosecutors charged Aryan Brotherhood members with ordering and carrying out. All my love and respects to you! They were shackled, chained to their desks and surrounded by a team of armed U.S. marshals, who escorted them in and out of the courtroom. >>
Well, its not really its your constitutional right; so I have to acknowledge your constitutional rights, but I have to make certain you understand what a big mistake I think youre making, Mueller replied, later adding Yandells promise to be diligent carries no weight.. 0000014487 00000 n
According to prosecutors, Maynard was targeted because he had racked up debts for drugs, and ignored the gangs prior warnings about this. endobj
Aryan Brotherhood case: Alleged Mexican Mafia member caught with prison handcuff key as judge considers unprecedented restrictions (Left): Aryan Brotherhood associates hoping to join the gang, or earn their [sham]rock allegedly sanctioned the murder of rival gang member Hugo Yogi Pinell in the B yard at Folsom prison on Aug. 12, 2015. Another murder victim, Hugo Yogi Pinell, was stabbed to death, allegedly by AB associates Jayson Beaver Weaver and Waylon Pitchford on a Folsom yard in 2015. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. The charges unsealed Thursday, June 6, 2019, detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cell phones. Yandell, also known as Renegade, was indicted in July on five counts of conspiracy to commit murder, as well heroin and methamphetamine trafficking. Prosecutors also noted that Yandell gave guards a list of demands on his first day at the jail, including: a microwave, nine hours of daily recreation room time, hot water, bedsheets and pillows, three hot meals a day, paid job assignments, self-help classes and an ice machine. Maynard did not defend himself, but Stockton stabbed him until guards intervened, prosecutors allege. But warmer storms could melt snow, Vallejo's Rayhan Jaleel is the Times-Herald Athlete of the Week, Vallejo initiates independent investigation on alleged destroyed records, Benicia Police respond to burglars at cannabis dispensary, Denver gang member gave 14-year-old permission to open fire on woman with AR-15 after fender-bender, DA alleges, In 4 years, Lori Lightfoot went from breakout political star to divisive mayor of a Chicago beset by pandemic and crime, Florida lawmakers to consider expansion of so-called dont say gay law, Drone crashes at Disneyland after hovering over visitors heads See video, Rapper Travis Scott wanted for assaulting Manhattan club sound engineer, destroying $12K in equipment, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. 0000032909 00000 n
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The 10-page document accuses. Ronald Dean "Ronnie" Rickard 66 of Jonesboro, passed from this life into Heaven on February 27, 2023 at St. Bernards Medical Center. /E 56502
Related Articles Feds: Aryan Brotherhood defendants caught with 43 prison cellphones in recent years Corbett is facing charges of murdering Pequeen in High Desert, and conspiring to kill an Aryan Brotherhood associate at the same facility two years earlier. Cloud Hospital. The defendants include a California attorney as well as two alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood's three-man commission that runs the gang: Ronald Dean Yandell, 56, a former Richmond. We review de novo, FILED MAY 30 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK Misconduct investigation underway after federal judge in California has 13-year-old daughter of defendant handcuffed, DA updates details about deadly, high-speed car crash that killed 3 Bay Area teens, East Bay man convicted for killing supervisor at Marin job site, Man wrongly imprisoned for 38 years declared innocent in killing of California woman, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life. /Length 2208
dIpLHIUuAc. Misconduct investigation underway after federal judge in California has 13-year-old daughter of defendant handcuffed, DA updates details about deadly, high-speed car crash that killed 3 Bay Area teens, East Bay man convicted for killing supervisor at Marin job site, Man wrongly imprisoned for 38 years declared innocent in killing of California woman, Yandell plotted numerous killings from his prison cell, attending non-criticalcourt hearings in person, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life. The indictment accuses Yandell of being part of the three-man commission that runs the Aryan Brotherhood gang. SACRAMENTO In the summer of 2016, Ronald Dean Yandell was as on top of the world as a man doomed to spend the rest of his days in a prison cell could be. /Info 16 0 R
McNamara and Kristen Demar wentto visit Sylvester in New Folsom Prison in August 2016. Heallegedly ran a years-long drug trafficking operation behind prison walls using smuggled cellphones. /S 147
Yandell insisted that he was the right man for the job. Judge Kimberly Mueller granted Torres an attorney to use as an adviser while he represents himself. Alleged Aryan Brotherhood killer says foot is in constant pain, asks judge to order special jail shoes But in 2015, after statewide hunger strikes and law /Pages 15 0 R
In March 2019, eight months before accepting the plea deal in his murder case, he was denied parole for seven years. This combination of photos provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows, top row, Kevin McNamara left, and William Sylvester; and bottom row, Daniel Troxell, left, and Ronald Yandell. /L 66250
Ronald Yandell. Ronald WIlliams passed away on February 23, 2023 in Benson, Minnesota. Benson, Minnesota. That same month, Yandell allegedly coordinated with Petty to send contraband concealed in cereal, brownies and other food items. Daniel also allegedly told the guard he was targeting another inmate who had recently been moved to protective custody. In 2019, prosecutors charged that Mazza was ordered to murder Trippe by Ronald Dean Yandell, an alleged Aryan Brotherhood commissioner who is the lead defendant in the case. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasn't followed: What should you do? What followed, according to federal prosecutors, was an attempted takeover of the state prison systems other predominantly white gangs, which has resulted in one of the biggest organized crime takedowns in California. (Yandell) is a very dangerous dude. The four are among the 16 Aryan Brotherhood prison gang members who were charged Thursday, June 6, 2019, with killings and drug smuggling from within Californias most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. Crime and Public Safety | The case is moving forward, albeit slowly. As a detailed description of Corbetts foot was put onto the record, Yandell leaned over and began hysterically laughing, while the armed guards near him shifted nervously. But in 2015, after statewide hunger strikes and lawsuits challenging the use of solitary confinement, Yandell was transferred to New Folsom prison in Sacramento. Prosecutors say this was, meant to send a message to other inmates that Pequeens murder was a hit carried out by the Aryan Brotherhood.. The prison murders outlined in court records are in-line with this description. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. Feb 4, 2023; I was real careful about what I talked about in court, when he was around, Bruce Flynn, the prosecutor who handled Yandells 2001 murder case, recalled in a 2018 interview. A hand-written lawsuit, filed by Stockton in 2015, says that he once was housed in the segregated housing unit, or SHU, at Pelican Bay State Prison. In the lawsuit, Yandell says he has been locked in a cell for 23 hours a day after being transferred to Sacramento County Main Jail in July 2019. Reply. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text]
70. Ronald Yandell, 58 a Sacramento Main Jail inmate who faces the death sentence claims his first amendment rights were violated when prison officials failed to provide him with meat-less. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. Last November, he accepted a plea deal on an involuntary manslaughter count, along with an additional three years in prison. /TrimBox [0.0000 0.0000 612.0000 792.0000]
A graveside service for Ronald will be held Friday, October 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery Bulverde. The shoes are important, Corbetts attorneys argued, because he is in constant pain without them. RONALD DEAN YANDELL, Petitioner, v. R. HOREL, warden, Respondent. to Cecil Rickard and Captola Holifield. 0000013914 00000 n
SACRAMENTO In the summer of 2016, Ronald Dean Yandell was as on top of the world as a man doomed to spend the rest of his days in a prison cell could be. Typically, jail calls are monitored, but an exception is made when the inmate is talking about his or her own legal defense. FILE In this Aug. 17, 2011, file photo, a correctional officer works at one of the housing units at Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif. Federal prosecutors say leaders of a notorious white supremacist gang have been charged with directing killings and drug smuggling from within Californias most secure prisons. /Type /Page
Precisely how a pair of shoes poses a safety risk remains unclear.. For the first time this century, he had a cellmate, relatively easy access to other inmates and he managed to get something else: a contraband cellphone, and with it the ability to reach like-minded gangsters throughout California. /N 3
Aryan Brotherhood members and associates are accused of running a criminal enterprise using contraband cellphones, encrypted chats, text messages, multimedia messages and email.The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cellphones to aid the white supremacist gang. He was also tried and acquitted of a fatal stabbing at a state prison in Tracy, court records show. The charging records allege that in August 2016, Corbett and a leader in the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, Ronald Dean Yandell, 57, used contraband prison cell phones to communicate. Ronald Yandell, 56, is the alleged ringleader of a crime spree involving the Aryan Brotherhood gang. Reply. Proponents argued that keeping prisoners locked in small cells for up to 23 hours a day simply for being part of a gang amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. /P 0
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She told him she doubted he had the legal finesse to fight the U.S. Attorneys office, which has charged Yandell and more than two dozen other alleged Aryan Brotherhood members and associates with crimes ranging from murder to plots to smuggle drugs and other contraband into prisons across the state. Plaintiff contends that the chronological order of events paints a clear picture of retaliation since moving plaintiff every few weeks to the exact same cells has absolutely no legitimate penological goal, Yandell wrote. McGregor Scott, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, answers questions concerning the charges against leaders of the white supremacist prison gang, the Aryan Brotherhood, during a news conference in Sacramento, Thursday, June 6, 2019. Ronald had one sister: Wilma J Yendell. /H [ 929 333 ]
This combination of photos provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows, top row, Kevin McNamara left, and William Sylvester; and bottom row, Daniel Troxell, left, and Ronald Yandell. 111w. Beaver, Yandell allegedly said, earned his rock, meaning he earned a shamrock tattoo signifying Aryan Brotherhood membership, by committing the deed. 0000033145 00000 n
He was born April 26, 1956 in Kennett Mo. After Southern Californias spate of rare storms, is Californias drought over? on Oct. 31, 1949, to Chester and Jessie Yandell. Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds, Denver gang member gave 14-year-old permission to open fire on woman with AR-15 after fender-bender, DA alleges, In 4 years, Lori Lightfoot went from breakout political star to divisive mayor of a Chicago beset by pandemic and crime, Florida lawmakers to consider expansion of so-called dont say gay law, Drone crashes at Disneyland after hovering over visitors heads See video, Rapper Travis Scott wanted for assaulting Manhattan club sound engineer, destroying $12K in equipment, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. On screening the court accepts the professed sincerity of plaintiffs religious belief, as it must accept the truth of all factual allegationsA request for religious diet made for the first time after someone has been in custody is not necessarily insincere, Claire wrote in her recommendations. He also alleges that since October 2020 he has been denied outside recreation altogether, and that since last June jail personnel have moved him to a new cell at least once every two weeks as a form of harassment. SACRAMENTO A federal magistrate judge Monday denied an alleged Aryan Brotherhood members attempts to be outfitted with special tennis shoes to accommodate his severe foot pain, but the issue hasnt been fully resolved. He grew up in Olton, Texas, and graduated from Olton High in 1968. The four are among the 16 Aryan Brotherhood prison gang members who were charged Thursday, June 6, 2019, with killings and drug smuggling from within Californias most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. Visitation will be held from 9:30 am to 11:00 am on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Benson, followed by the funeral service at 11:00 am. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. Stockton was charged with two counts of murder in July 2018, according to Lassen County court records. In conversations on Aug. 21, 2016, Yandell and Corbett allegedly plotted to murder Aryan Brotherhood associate Paul Dreamer Diaz. One of them, Ronald Dean Yandell, 57, an alleged member of the Aryan Brotherhoods three-man leadership commission, was caught with 10 cellphones from 2016 to 2019, according to the records. He was buried in 1999, at burial place. Ronald D. Williams, 89, of Benson, died on Thursday morning February 23, 2023, at the St. Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. 0000000828 00000 n
Whats unusual is the prosecutions unwillingness to give any ground; the U.S. Attorneys office recently successfully fought a motion to let Corbett wear tennis shoes, which Corbetts attorneys argued were medically necessary because of their clients severe foot injuries that leave him in constant pain. Alleged Aryan Brotherhood killer says foot is, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Alleged Aryan Brotherhood killer says foot is in constant pain, asks judge to order special jail shoes, City to proceed with purchase of former Vallejo schools, Police: Santa Rosa high schooler fatally stabbed classmate, Man gets prison for plot to bomb California Democratic HQ, Zoom chops about 200 jobs in Bay Area, tech layoffs mount, were indicted on federal racketeering charges, conspiring to kill an Aryan Brotherhood associate, Yet more rain is expected to hit California in March. Prison officials have countered that letting gang leaders enter general population yards has led to widespread prison violence, including the five murders and four murder plots alleged in the Aryan Brotherhood complaint. /Size 43
According to the complaint, McNamara, who is a paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair, listed Kristen Demar the wife of Aryan Brotherhood member and Calipatria State Prison inmate Charles Boots Demar as his paralegal. Ronald Dean WIlliams. Nate Gartrell covers crime, politics, and corruption in Contra Costa County. ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ORDER ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Defendant's motions for pretrial discovery, ECF Nos.
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When the charges were filed, the incarcerated defendants were taken from their cells in prisons across California and placed in federal custody in Sacramento. On Wednesday, about a dozen of the defendants appeared in federal court as a group for the first time. The 143-page complaint, unsealed in June, alleges that Yandell used the prospect of Aryan Brotherhood membership or increased status in the gang to convince others to commit murders. He has since been transferred to California State Prison, Sacramento, which is also known as New Folsom. ronald_dean_yandell Follow 30 posts 321 followers 279 following rena Peace in the prisons & peace in the streets. Authorities say he was talking to another Aryan Brotherhood member, Pat Brady, and while Pequeen was distracted, Corbett attacked him from behind. If Yandell beats the federal case, he will be returned to state prison, where he is serving a life sentence in connection with a 2001 double homicide in El Sobrante. This story has been shared 348,615 times. Ronald G L Yandell, 1926 - 1999. Ronnie was a former employee of FMC in Jonesboro and worked the last . In 2004, he was convicted of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 65 years to life. A memorial service will occur Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 29797 US . With a few more clips to come in near future, shining the light on what the . >>
More than two dozen Aryan Brotherhood members and associates have been charged in four cases, with crimes that include drug sales, five prison murders and four murder plots. The four would-be murder victims were rescued and moved into protective custody thanks to the wiretap, according to prosecutors. The complaint says that Weaver began the attack, stabbing Pinell and ignoring smoke grenades fired by guards to subduehim, and that after a few seconds Pitchford joined in. The complaint, filed in June, alleges that in 2016 Stockton murdered another inmate, Douglas Maynard, on the orders of Aryan Brotherhood member Jason Jake Corbett, because Maynard owed a drug debt to the gang. Now, a suit filed by DeLongs mother alleges that prison officials either missed or ignored a crucial warning sign: that DeLong had been listed as an enemy of the Aryan Brotherhood, meaning that Stockton or any other member or associate of the gang would be expected to attack DeLong on sight, or face retribution themselves. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP). Ronald Dean Yandell, 58, filed the handwritten suit last week from his cell at the Sacramento County Main Jail, where he alleges he is being kept 23 hours a day. endobj
Corbett had been serving a life sentence in state prison for murder, but when he was turned over to federal custody, jail staff confiscated the shoes. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? Not for the "stupid price" of $150 an acre foot. Plaintiff was never given written notice or any type of hearing to be heard on why he was being punished with extreme isolation, Yandell wrote in the suit. A half-hour later, DeLong was dead, lying in a pool of his own blood in the floor of the cell. Later, though, Yandell and others grew paranoid that McNamara was working for law enforcement and had set them up, the complaint says. <<
Torres, Yandell, and two-dozen suspected Aryan Brotherhood members and associates were indicted in July. In 2010, one of Yandells co-defendants, Jeanna Quesenberry, was allowed to be a legal assistant for a leader of an Aryan Brotherhood offshoot gang called the Family Affiliated Irish Mafia, or FAIM.