I hit him so hard, (the knife) went in his back and out his chest, an adrenaline-addled Brant Daniel allegedly told a prison guard, moments after using a shank to murder Zachary Scott, 36, on a yard in Salinas Valley State Prison. /Contents 21 0 R 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. /Length 259 The shoes are important, Corbetts attorneys argued, because he is in constant pain without them. endobj Brady then allegedly joined in the attack, ignoring guards commands to cease. (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. In bid for freedom, Aryan Brotherhood member has an unlikely ally: The man he allegedly plotted to murder Yandell, a former Richmond resident, was in New Folsom State Prison, serving a life sentence in connection with a double homicide in El Sobrante. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP). A documentary we started creating in 2017 to bring racial unity across the prisons in Ca & ripple outward from there; the same way these men in the Doc came together in pelican bay hunger strike's (2011-2013) to get their freedom from the SHU after a decade or two. SACRAMENTO In May 2018, wanting to consolidate their inmate-to-cell ratio, officials at High Desert State Prison decided to place an inmate named Rodney DeLong in a cell with Robert John Stockton, an Aryan Brotherhood associate who had stabbed someone to death for the notorious prison gang just two years earlier. Last November, he accepted a plea deal on an involuntary manslaughter count, along with an additional three years in prison. Crime and Public Safety | SAN ANTONIO - Twenty five men and women are in custody after authorities busted a drug distribution operation in the San Antonio area Thursday, according to officials. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Ronald lived in 1930, at address, Oklahoma. Outside of journalism, he doesn't do much. 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. All my love and respects to you! 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. Crime and Public Safety | Corbett suffers from gout and complications from multiple motorcycle-related injuries, his attorneys said in motions and in open court. 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. Federal prosecutors charged them in 2019 with murder, drug smuggling in state prison, and various gang offenses. Prosecutors allege one of the defendants, attorney Kevin McNamara, was caught on camera smuggling four phones, 174 grams of tobacco and 20 grams of methamphetamine to Yandells cellmate at the time, William Sylvester, during a 2016 legal visit at Sacramento State Prison. The 10-page document accuses. The 10 state prison inmates in question all have one thing in common: They were all charged with racketeering and other offenses in June, as part of a massive federal law enforcement operation targeting the Aryan Brotherhood in California. Theyve asked for in-person attorney/client visits, improved access to the law library, and even limited internet use, in a series of recent legal motions that have yet to be heard. She said if he changes his mind down the line, she would likely feel disinclined to consider it. But in 2015, after statewide hunger strikes and law Corbett and Yandell were incarcerated 220 miles apart from one another, but regularly communicated through contraband prison cell phones, prosecutors say. 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. 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. A half-hour later, DeLong was dead, lying in a pool of his own blood in the floor of the cell. Yandell, also known as Renegade, was indicted in July on five counts of conspiracy to commit murder, as well heroin and methamphetamine trafficking. 0000041497 00000 n 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. As guards carted him off, Daniel allegedly yelled out that other white inmates had two weeks to get off, this weak a PC yard or else another AB-sanctioned hit would take place. /O 20 Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. 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. They also discussed how Corbett had offered to murder an Aryan Brotherhood member named K-Bob while he was on the phone with Yandell, so that Yandell could listen to the murder, but that Yandell and K-Bob worked out their differences and it never came to that, according to prosecutors. 0000001578 00000 n Selma Dean Newlon, age 76, of Canyon Lake, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Ronnie Yandell speaks on the massive corruption @California state prisons & Jail's. 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. He was one of 16 alleged Aryan Brotherhood members and associates indicted in four separate cases involving racketeering, murder and drug trafficking in 2019. Though the case was filed nearly two years ago, the trial is likely years away. 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. (Right): Close up of a weapon found at the scene. Butler pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP). A Sacramento sheriff spokeswoman told the Bee that medical staff determined the tennis shoes werent necessary. 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You can add to Ronald's profile: Nickname: 14 Joey + Number of children: 11 2 + Personality: 24 Beautiful . 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. 1983 action alleging that his constitutional rights were violated when defendants revalidated him as a gang member. (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. Ronald A. Martens, age 86, of Bulverde, Texas passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022. Prison officials, . Both Yandell and Brady are facing federal charges related to a massive investigation into the Aryan Brotherhood, which resulted in five murder and four murder conspiracy charges, as well as. 2 likes. 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Prosecutors conceded the request was unprecedented, and defense attorneys called it a clear-cut violation of an individuals right to face criminal charges in person. By becoming his own attorney, Yandell will be granted access to certain pieces of prosecution evidence, including, potentially, names of witnesses; be assigned a legal assistant outside jail; and be given means to communicate with his legal assistant without the nuisance of knowing authorities are listening in. The July 2020 incident in question occurred after Yandells co-defendant, William Sylvester, was caught with a batch of jail alcohol and responded by yelling, When I come out, Im f these b up, referring to jail deputies, according to a report written by Sacramento sheriff officials and filed in federal court. Heallegedly ran a years-long drug trafficking operation behind prison walls using smuggled cellphones. >> The charges against the group are largely built on a multi-week wiretap of Yandells contraband cellphone, in which he allegedly discussed previous murders that were committed on behalf of the Aryan Brotherhood, coordinated drug deals and counseled, mentored, cajoled, berated and plotted to kill other members of the gang, according to prosecutors. 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. Typically, jail calls are monitored, but an exception is made when the inmate is talking about his or her own legal defense. Defense attorneys in the case, meanwhile, are arguing for the opposite, asserting in motions that the defendants have been placed in such restrictive environments that it limits their ability to effectively fight the charges. May 19, 1933 - Feb 23, 2023. This type of legal tug-of-war is typical in a criminal case. According to prosecutors, members are not allowed to leave the gang, and cooperation with law enforcement is one of several slights punishable by death. Yandells history of violence, including accusations of trying to have witnesses against him murdered, is well-documented. (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. Also included are minor offenses, such as tattooing, or failure to complete work assignments. endobj Pinell was in the Black Guerilla Family, one of the states most dominant African-American prison gangs, and was one of the so-called San Quentin Six, an infamous group said to be behind a 1971 riot and escape attempt at San Quentin, which left six dead. (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. Beaver, Yandell allegedly said, earned his rock, meaning he earned a shamrock tattoo signifying Aryan Brotherhood membership, by committing the deed. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? On Wednesday, about a dozen of the defendants appeared in federal court as a group for the first time. Prosecutors said they used federal wiretaps to discover that Yandell enlisted several. Lost to gun violence on February 15, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. All the defendants are being housed at the Sacramento County Jail save for Daniel and Torres, who are at California State Prison Sacramento, known as New Folsom. The prison hunger strike challenged the states former policy, which said that gang affiliation was enough to justify an indeterminate SHU term. /Type /Catalog Cloud Hospital. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Ronald Joseph Dean, age 60. 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. The white supremacist also claimshe was transferred to unsanitary jail cells and subjected to extreme isolation, according to the suit, which names Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones and other prison officials. In the years leading up to his trial, he allegedly ordered two associates to murder witnesses against him, but the plot failed, authorities said. The evidence against Yandell and his co-defendants is largely based on wiretapped calls involving Yandell, with contraband cellphones he was able to acquire in New Folsom Prison, prosecutors say. It is known for carrying out particularly brutal stabbings, including beheading or disemboweling victims, and using tortuous levels of violence to dissuade others from crossing the gang. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 0000012725 00000 n My heart is swelled up right now.. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do, Pac-12 media rights: Our (final) predictions for the revenue, media partners, expansion decisions and more. One of the shanks used in the killing had a Nazi symbol the SS, carved into it. Nine members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood in particular, along with one member of the Mexican Mafia, have been busted with a total of 43 prison cellphones, most of which were recovered over the past three years, according to the records. Daniel also allegedly told the guard he was targeting another inmate who had recently been moved to protective custody. 0000043098 00000 n /Pages 15 0 R Yandell is asking a judge to order the jail to end its unconstitutional practices., 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. Ronald had one sister: Wilma J Yendell. But prosecutors argue that the defendants own conduct warrants the unorthodox restrictions. The suit, filed Jan. 27, alleges that a simple database check would have shown that DeLong was not to be housed with anyone whos a part of the Aryan Brotherhood, and that the California Department of Corrections failed to adequately train employees, monitor the cell, or keep violent prison gang members segregated from other incarcerated people, among other alleged failures. 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