>> A spokesman for Jones declined to comment to Newsweek, citing pending litigation. 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. trailer Prosecutors say he believed he could use McNamaras status as a lawyer to circumvent security measures in New Folsom Prison, where Yandell was housed started in late 2015 after a 10-year stay in a Pelican Bay solitary confinement module. On Wednesday, about a dozen of the defendants appeared in federal court as a group for the first time. The indictment accuses Yandell of being part of the three-man commission that runs the Aryan Brotherhood gang. 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. He aspires to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. 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. AB members are trained to commit brutal murders that will dissuade others from crossing the gang, according to prosecutors. 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. 0000041497 00000 n 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. Butler pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. 0000038349 00000 n Marshal Service to talk to the jail about the issue, according to the Sacramento Bee. 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. /CropBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] 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. Wednesdays hearing lasted about a half-hour, and each defense attorney was given an opportunity to bring up issues or announce what motions they plan to file. 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. In another conversation, Yandell said hed recommended Corbett for membership into the Aryan Brotherhood, telling Corbett it was his reward for running his prison yard effectively. 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. 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. 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. (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. 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! 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. 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. << 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. It started in California prisons in the 1960s, and basically functions as a large, violent drug trafficking organization. /Contents 21 0 R 0000014487 00000 n Real snow falls at Disneyland not the fake soapy stuff, Final bones of 50-year-old Laguna Hills mall are coming down, Southern California home sales fall to all-time low, Woman arrested on suspicion of killing her mother inside Lake Forest home, Irvine announces plan to buy, close asphalt plant and make a preserve, Southern Californians react to rare, low-altitude snow, CDC issues warning over increase of drug-resistant bacteria that causes fever, bloody diarrhea, Orange County Sheriffs deputies foil attempted jail escape, Teacher at Irvines Beckman High School arrested after recording devices found in restroom, Killer keto? 0 Yandell and Troxell are allegedly part of the three-man commission that runs the California wing of the Aryan Brotherhood. That same month, Yandell allegedly coordinated with Petty to send contraband concealed in cereal, brownies and other food items. Typically, jail calls are monitored, but an exception is made when the inmate is talking about his or her own legal defense. 0000000929 00000 n Daly responded in court filings that the jail has a history of ignoring inmates serious medical needs. Stocktons name comes up frequently in a massive racketeering case filed by the Eastern California Districts U.S. Attorney last year, which targets the Aryan Brotherhoods leadership. Ronnie Yandell speaks on the massive corruption @California state prisons &amp;amp; Jail's. Both motions were fully briefed. BRISTOL, RI Delaney Meserve, of Waterford, has been named to the Fall 2022 Dean's List at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, R.I. Reply. Stockton was charged with two counts of murder in July 2018, according to Lassen County court records. Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. 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. At the time he was killed, DeLong had only seven months left on his sentence on a burglary charge. Yandell, a former Richmond resident, was in New Folsom State Prison, serving a life sentence in connection with a double homicide in El Sobrante. 110w. Vote in our annual food bracket challenge. After that incident, staff began rousing plaintiff in the middle of the night, where he was handcuffed, taken to intake for full body scan, and placed in a different, unsanitary cell, he wrote. Crime and Public Safety | 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. (Right): Close up of a weapon found at the scene. ronald_dean_yandell. 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 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. /Length 2208 Federal prosecutors charged them in 2019 with murder, drug smuggling in state prison, and various gang offenses. The attack kicked off a riot between black and white inmates on the Folsom yard, which lasted roughly 20 minutes, according to the complaint. But prosecutors argue that the defendants own conduct warrants the unorthodox restrictions. 0000012971 00000 n ronald_dean_yandell Follow 30 posts 321 followers 279 following rena Peace in the prisons & peace in the streets. Ronald D. Williams, 89, of Benson, died on Thursday morning February 23, 2023, at the St. Ronald Dean "Ronnie" Rickard 66 of Jonesboro, passed from this life into Heaven on February 27, 2023 at St. Bernards Medical Center. The custodial agency shall collect an initial partial filing fee and monthly payments . 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. RONALD DEAN YANDELL, Defendant. A half-hour later, DeLong was dead, lying in a pool of his own blood in the floor of the cell. Officials seized over 40 . Corbett and Yandell were incarcerated 220 miles apart from one another, but regularly communicated through contraband prison cell phones, prosecutors say. The 10-page document accuses. Maynard did not defend himself, but Stockton stabbed him until guards intervened, prosecutors allege. Yandell has argued that the federal charges against him are retaliation for his involvement in the hunger strike. Later, though, Yandell and others grew paranoid that McNamara was working for law enforcement and had set them up, the complaint says. Thanks to the wiretap, authorities intercepted the package. Who makes the best hot chicken sandwich in Denver? /Names << /Dests 6 0 R>> 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. >> (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. I know its difficult, but I believe with my motivation, and I do have enough intelligence to handle it. 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In the 1980s, Yandell was suspected of murdering a man who had ripped off the Hells Angels in a drug deal, prosecutors said. 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. /Linearized 1 He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. /Length 259 We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Judge Kimberly Mueller granted Torres an attorney to use as an adviser while he represents himself. Please know my appreciaton (sic) is huge. Ron was born July 1, 1940,to Talford and Helen Walton in Loogootee, Indiana. Federal prosecutors charged them in 2019 with murder, drug smuggling in state prison, and various gang offenses. The planned attacks and violence perpetrated by the AB against its enemies (such as DeLong) is longstanding, pervasive, and well-documented such that defendants, and each of them, knew that placing DeLong with a member of the AB would pose a substantial risk to his health and safety, attorney Eugene Chittock wrote in the civil complaint. SACRAMENTO Court records recently filed by federal prosecutors suggest that members of dangerous prison gangs across California are acquiring contraband cellphones with ease. He grew up in Olton, Texas, and graduated from Olton High in 1968. 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. Prosecutors say this was, meant to send a message to other inmates that Pequeens murder was a hit carried out by the Aryan Brotherhood.. 0000041750 00000 n 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. Corbetts alleged victim, Donald Pequeen, was stabbed more than 10 times on the prison yard. Prosecutors allege Yandell and Troxell are part of the three-man commission that runs the California wing of the gang. My Videos 1; 2 15:08. 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. 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