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. 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.. He grew up in Olton, Texas, and graduated from Olton High in 1968. Torres, an alleged Mexican Mafia member accused of heroin trafficking, successfully moved to become his own attorney, which will give him increased access to case evidence. /Font << /F13 22 0 R /F18 27 0 R /F27 32 0 R /F32 37 0 R >>
All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! You can add to Ronald's profile: Nickname: 14 Joey + Number of children: 11 2 + Personality: 24 Beautiful . 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. 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. 0000000017 00000 n
In the years leading up to his trial, he allegedly ordered two associates to murder witnesses against him, but the plot failed, authorities said. ronald_dean_yandell. (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. 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. Ronald lived in 1930, at address, Oklahoma. 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. endobj
Typically, jail calls are monitored, but an exception is made when the inmate is talking about his or her own legal defense. The prison is under investigation by the FBI for alleged staff corruption, the Sacramento Bee reported last April. He was born in Waldron, Ark. Yandell has previously accused prison officials of retaliation after he led a statewide hunger strike that helped end California's implementation of solitary confinement as a punishment for gang membership. Corbetts alleged victim, Donald Pequeen, was stabbed more than 10 times on the prison yard. 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. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. It is assumed that they are mostly smuggled into prisons by visitors and staff, who can make thousands of dollars per phone. Beaver, Yandell allegedly said, earned his rock, meaning he earned a shamrock tattoo signifying Aryan Brotherhood membership, by committing the deed. 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. As a result of this and other accidents, Mr. Corbett has numerous plates and screws in his feet.. The defendants have all waived their right to a speedy trial, ensuring the early stages of the case will last for months. 0000005071 00000 n
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Yandell was then caught on wiretapped conversations telling Demar that if she was questioned, to say the Aryan Brotherhood had threatened to murder her husband if she didnt comply, and to blame Yandell for the smuggling, as he was already serving a life sentence, according to the complaint. The indictment accuses Yandell of being part of the three-man commission that runs the Aryan Brotherhood gang. 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. We review de novo, FILED MAY 30 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasn't followed: What should you do? 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. A confidential informant previously associated with another all-white gang, the Sacramaniacs, later told federal authorities that Corbett persuaded Stockton to carry out the killing by offering him membership to the Aryan Brotherhood, but never intended to follow through, and hoped that the deed would get Stockton transferred to another prison. 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. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. /Resources <<
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. A graveside service for Ronald will be held Friday, October 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery Bulverde. Stockton, according to court records, dropped the murder weapon a shank crafted from a metal cell door through the food tray port and surrendered to corrections officers. /Metadata 17 0 R
This story has been shared 348,615 times. Crime and Public Safety | 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. Obituary. Kristen Demar, the wife of Charles Demar, an inmate involved with the Aryan Brotherhood in Calipatria state prison, allegedly smuggles methamphetamine, cell phones and tobacco to Billy Sylvester in Folsom prison on Aug. 11, 2016 by holding a notepad over the contraband. /Prev 65754
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(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli), FILE In this Aug. 17, 2011, file photo, concertina wire and a guard tower are seen 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. Yandell, a former Richmond resident, was in New Folsom State Prison, serving a life sentence in connection with a double homicide in El Sobrante. /H [ 929 333 ]
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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. Judge Kimberly Mueller granted Torres an attorney to use as an adviser while he represents himself. 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. Plaintiff is facing a potential death penalty case and is not allowed contact visits with his legal team.. SACRAMENTO Court records recently filed by federal prosecutors suggest that members of dangerous prison gangs across California are acquiring contraband cellphones with ease. Ronald Joseph Dean, age 60. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. 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. It contained two black USB charging cables, six grinding discs, seven lighters, one cellphone battery, seven small screwdrivers, two bluetooth earpieces, 10 small metal saw places, about an ounce of methamphetamine and 20 grams of heroin. /Pages 15 0 R
Torres, Yandell, and two-dozen suspected Aryan Brotherhood members and associates were indicted in July. Not for the "stupid price" of $150 an acre foot. /Root 19 0 R
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