Stockton became eligible for a parole hearing in 2018. In March 2019, eight months before accepting the plea deal in his murder case, he was denied parole for seven years. He has since been transferred to California State Prison, Sacramento, which is also known as New Folsom. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency for LA, San Bernardino counties due to severe winter storms, 2 of 4 suspects arrested after allegedly crashing vehicles into Fashion Island and stealing merchandise. Ive filed many lawsuits while I was at Pelican Bay. 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. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per . Federal prosecutors charged them in 2019 with murder, drug smuggling in state prison, and various gang offenses. 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. He was one of 16 alleged Aryan Brotherhood members and associates indicted in four separate cases involving racketeering, murder and drug trafficking in 2019. They argued that such allegations were often unsupported and based upon anonymous informants, and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Rebecca Ruth Soutter. 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. AB members are required, when ordered, to kill without hesitation, the criminal complaint says. The indictment accuses Yandell of being part of the three-man commission that runs the Aryan Brotherhood gang. Last month, U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire noted that when Yandell asked for a vegetarian diet to adhere to his strict Buddhist beliefs, jail staff denied the claim as insincere. In October 2016, Stockton using a knife that had been smuggled to him by other Aryan Brotherhood associates attacked Maynard on a High Desert Yard. /L 66250 Thanks for contacting us. 0000001578 00000 n A Sacramento sheriff spokeswoman told the Bee that medical staff determined the tennis shoes werent necessary. 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. 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. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. A half-hour later, DeLong was dead, lying in a pool of his own blood in the floor of the cell. 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. 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. /O 20 Many of them amount to typical jailhouse shenanigans, like tearing clothes to make fishing lines to pass notes. Last November, he accepted a plea deal on an involuntary manslaughter count, along with an additional three years in prison. /T 65766 BRISTOL, RI Delaney Meserve, of Waterford, has been named to the Fall 2022 Dean's List at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, R.I. xZn7? .*0r }HHX0KzUTzkrw?/2y*7_^3Nw|74>,C>RxbjW\&=9nyj5~lm|~{;`)(_>hN!=L>f8}sm 5(2a1).8v77-sfLwJY{RFrX~/e/seud1;bT0f*^36:RQMrcE7V G`{pUSoQvPurA hXDlFF7 lM6h8:#Tb5MnfStY[k5F3w-N?nN_B`hm3FlyW ^fz7!\`d~(urKx4)T5dJ7o(-pEm8(lkzEAgEciX NeFE`%w}/wS}axZh\Y{s*8!D]#G^!*}!psWm.U{R 1YS+w&G9)J:/g{$7z,nPaO:;cm92!R/k(Y pb B4BYD[Z^:S! (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli), 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. 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. Mendezs order upholds recommendations by a federal magistrate, which Yandell objected to. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. 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The prison is under investigation by the FBI for alleged staff corruption, the Sacramento Bee reported last April. 0000001262 00000 n Jason Jake Corbett, 47, has been trying to get Sacramento County jail staff to turn over his tennis shoes ever since July, when he and 15 other alleged Aryan Brotherhood members and associates were indicted on federal racketeering charges. The defendants have all waived their right to a speedy trial, ensuring the early stages of the case will last for months. Crime and Public Safety | (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP). Deputies wrote that when they attempted to escort Yandell to dayroom, he aggressively approached deputies with his fists cocked and called one a punk and a b-. Three deputies tackled him to the ground in an ensuing confrontation, the report alleges. Ronald was born June 25, 1936. (Right): Close up of a weapon found at the scene. << www.youtube.com/channel/UCil6ZW8rMOKUfXqeJ9y_EZw Posts Videos Tagged AB members are trained to commit brutal murders that will dissuade others from crossing the gang, according to prosecutors. SACRAMENTO Court records recently filed by federal prosecutors suggest that members of dangerous prison gangs across California are acquiring contraband cellphones with ease. 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. Pinell was stabbed 20 times. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. 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. 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. On Wednesday, about a dozen of the defendants appeared in federal court as a group for the first time. Ronald Yandell. Holding cowards accountable. Prosecutors say this was, meant to send a message to other inmates that Pequeens murder was a hit carried out by the Aryan Brotherhood.. << Typically, jail calls are monitored, but an exception is made when the inmate is talking about his or her own legal defense. He joined the notorious Aryan Brotherhood prison gang in the 1990s in federal prison, after being sponsored by the gangs late leader, Barry Mills, according to a 2001 indictment. 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. 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. The sheriffs office has not yet responded to the lawsuit in court. As a result of this and other accidents, Mr. Corbett has numerous plates and screws in his feet.. This type of legal tug-of-war is typical in a criminal case. 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Though the case was filed nearly two years ago, the trial is likely years away. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. Feb 4, 2023; 0000033145 00000 n Not for the "stupid price" of $150 an acre foot. There is plenty of leeway given for a pro per defendants legal assistant. 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. Ronald Dean WIlliams. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 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. According to prosecutors, Maynard was targeted because he had racked up debts for drugs, and ignored the gangs prior warnings about this. 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. 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. Best news I ever got, Corbett allegedly texted back. 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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. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Moreover, even during their brief stay in the Sacramento County Jail thus far, the eight high-risk defendants who are housed there already have been found creating ropes and fishing lines, discussing having someone smuggle in cellphones, possessing a cipher for coded communications, writing handwritten notes expressing disdain for law enforcement, the federal government, and this prosecution, and asking numerous detailed questions about the locks and about transportation to and from the courthouse as well as outside hospital visits, assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hitt wrote in the motion. 0000000017 00000 n Before the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors argued several of the defendants, including Sylvester and Yandell, were so dangerous they should be forced to attend court remotely via video chats. 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Members who do not fulfill their obligations to the AB are subject to murder.. Authorities say he was talking to another Aryan Brotherhood member, Pat Brady, and while Pequeen was distracted, Corbett attacked him from behind. 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. /Resources << Meanwhile, another co-defendant who is being housed at California State Prison, Sacramento, Brant Daniel, has filed a motion to be transferred to the jail out of fear that prison guards will murder him. >> Yandell was released to Contra Costa County in 2001, and spent 45 days a free man before he killed two people in El Sobrante. Yandell did not seem to mind that moving forward he would have far fewer legal resources than he previously had with his court-appointed attorney, Peter Kmeto. He was a 1975 graduate of Lake City High School. 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His /P 0 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. 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Diaz was moved into protective custody before the killing could take place, authorities said. 18 25 19 0 obj ronald_dean_yandell Follow 30 posts 321 followers 279 following rena Peace in the prisons & peace in the streets. Later, though, Yandell and others grew paranoid that McNamara was working for law enforcement and had set them up, the complaint says. Stockton was charged with two counts of murder in July 2018, according to Lassen County court records. Since the case was filed, one of Yandells co-defendants, Pat Brady, filed a similar suit that publicly exposed sheriff officials had violated the law by recording attorney/client meetings in the jail. The all-white Aryan Brotherhood was formed in California prisons in the 1960s, and has grown into a multimillion dollar organized crime ring. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire denied Corbetts motion at a Monday hearing in Sacramento, but she asked the U.S. 18 0 obj The case is moving forward, albeit slowly. 2 likes. xref 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. 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. But in 2015, after statewide hunger strikes and lawsuits challenging the use of solitary confinement, Yandell was transferred to New Folsom prison in Sacramento. California state prisoner Ronald Dean Yandell appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. 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. 0000012971 00000 n 111w. 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Quesenberry was an alleged FAIM member, and had several felony convictions, including for drug possession and robbery, but was still allowed to take that role. >> The idea, according to the informant, was to kill two birds with one stone; get rid of Maynard, while ensuring Stockton would be removed from that prison housing unit. The 10-page document accuses. Prison officials, citing Yandell's membership in the Aryan Brotherhood, had kept him locked away in a modern-day dungeon; he had spent 15 years in solitary confinement at California's most notorious and secure prison, Pelican Bay. The next day, on Aug. 22, Yandell allegedly texted Corbett that hed been accepted into the Aryan Brotherhood, and that Yandell had cleared his membership with Daniel Danny Troxell. The 10-page document accuses. 1983 action alleging that his constitutional rights were violated when defendants revalidated him as a gang member. endobj Claire recommended tossing Yandells claims that the sheriff was harassing him by constantly transferring him and other co-defendants to different cells in the Sacramento Jail, where Yandell and several other alleged Aryan Brotherhood members await trial on racketeering charges. For instance, the U.S. Attorneys Office of Californias Eastern District filed a motion September that would keep the defendants from personally appearing in court during non-critical hearings, and instead appearing in videoconferences in from their cells. Prosecutors allege Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester murdered Ronald Richardson in the small, concrete yard inside B-3 Security Housing Unit at Folsom prison, where the units inmates exercise, to gain entrance into the Brotherhood on Oct. 7, 2011. Ronald A. Martens, age 86, of Bulverde, Texas passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022. In 2004, he was convicted of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 65 years to life. Prison officials, citing Yandells membership in the Aryan Brotherhood, had kept him locked away in a modern-day dungeon; he had spent 15 years in solitary confinement at Californias most notorious and secure prison, Pelican Bay. Ron . %PDF-1.4 startxref << 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. C 06-6332 MHP (pr) ORDER LIFTING STAY, REOPENING ACTION, AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON PETITION Ronald Dean Yandell filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 0000042691 00000 n Now, Yandell and 15 other accused Aryan Brotherhood members and associates are fighting federal charges, alleging five murders, four murder plots, prison drug trafficking and other crimes. /Font << /F13 22 0 R /F18 27 0 R /F27 32 0 R /F32 37 0 R >> Alleged Aryan Brotherhood killer says foot is in constant pain, asks judge to order special jail shoes 0000029741 00000 n She said if he changes his mind down the line, she would likely feel disinclined to consider it. 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. << My Videos 1; 2 15:08. 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. Obituary. It started in California prisons in the 1960s, and basically functions as a large, violent drug trafficking organization. dIpLHIUuAc. 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. In the call, Yandell admitted to Brady that the AB had Beaver kill that n- Yogi and that AB members had been trying to kill him for years, according to the complaint. The federal charges against the defendants range from allegations of murder plots and fatal prison stabbings to schemes that involved sneaking drugs, cellphones, tiny saw blades and other contraband into prison. He was born April 26, 1956 in Kennett Mo. Ronald D. Williams, 89, of Benson, died on Thursday morning February 23, 2023, at the St. Yandell has argued that the federal charges against him are retaliation for his involvement in the hunger strike. >> 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 is facing multiple murder conspiracy charges, and prosecutors say much of the evidence is based on wiretaps from contraband prison cell phones acquired by Yandell and other Aryan Brotherhood members while they were serving life sentences in state prison. Prison officials, who were wise to the scheme at this point, placed an audio-free camera in the meeting room and caught what appeared to be Demar passing something to Sylvester, who was Yandells cellmate at the time. Ronnie was a former employee of FMC in Jonesboro and worked the last . Also included are minor offenses, such as tattooing, or failure to complete work assignments. The inmates Yandell, Daniel Troxell, William Sylvester, Travis Burhop, Brant Daniel, Donald Mazza, Pat Brady, Jason Corbett, Samuel Keeton and Michael Torres have all been singled out as high-risk defendants, and prosecutors are employing rare legal tactics to limit their movements as the case slowly makes its way to trial. >> He aspires to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. /Filter [/FlateDecode ] Precisely how a pair of shoes poses a safety risk remains unclear.. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File). 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. to Cecil Rickard and Captola Holifield. 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. /N 3 Federal prosecutors charged them in 2019 with murder, drug smuggling in state prison, and various gang offenses. 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. Who makes the best hot chicken sandwich in Denver? Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. Feds: Aryan Brotherhood defendants caught with, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Alameda County DAs new policy will reduce prison sentences through widespread elimination of sentencing enhancements, Feds: Aryan Brotherhood defendants caught with 43 prison cellphones in recent years. An alleged leader of the Aryan Brotherhood neo-Nazi prison gang is suing California officials after his requests for vegetarian meals behind bars were ignored, according to reports Wednesday. 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. 0000005071 00000 n Other than Yandell, 57, the defendants are Danny Troxell, 66; Travis Burhop, 46; Brant Two Scoops Daniel, 45; Donald Popeye Mazza, 48; Pat Big Pat Brady, 49; Jason Corbett, 47; Matthew Psycho Hall, 48; Samuel Keeton, 40; Michael Mosca Torres, 55; Jeanna Quesenberry, 51; Kevin McNamara, 39; Kristen Demar, 44; Justin Rune Petty, 38; and Kathleen Nolan, 65. 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