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Lost to gun violence on February 15, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Yin, K) May 12, 2021: Filing 9 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 5/11/2021 DIRECTING MONTHLY PAYMENTS be made from Prison Account of Ronald Dean Yandell. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. Stockton became eligible for a parole hearing in 2018. The shoes are important, Corbetts attorneys argued, because he is in constant pain without them. endobj After Stockton allegedly stabbed Maynard to death on a High Desert prison yard, a confidential informant described only as an ex-member of the Sacramaniacs prison gang told federal prosecutors that Corbett hired Stockton for the hits because he did not like him. Ronald Yandell, 56, is the alleged ringleader of a crime spree involving the Aryan Brotherhood gang. The charges unsealed Thursday, June 6, 2019, detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cell phones. In March 2019, eight months before accepting the plea deal in his murder case, he was denied parole for seven years. Yandell was released to Contra Costa County in 2001, and spent 45 days a free man before he killed two people in El Sobrante. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per . The defendants face a range of charges, including five murders and four alleged murder. 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. 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. Corbett said he could send another inmate named Bobby Stockton to do the deed, prosecutors allege. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP). 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. Yandell and Troxell are allegedly part of the three-man commission that runs the California wing of the Aryan Brotherhood. The 10-page document accuses. << (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. At the next hearing next, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hitt, the lead prosecutor, is expected to address Yandells move. endobj In 2004, he was convicted of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 65 years to life. 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. Opinion: Colorado farms going fallow? And I truly believe, your honor, that Im going to do a good job.. 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. 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. AB members are trained to commit brutal murders that will dissuade others from crossing the gang, according to prosecutors. 111w. According to prosecutors, members are not allowed to leave the gang, and cooperation with law enforcement is one of several slights punishable by death. 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. 0000033145 00000 n << Prosecutors havent taken the death penalty off the table in Yandells case, according to Newsweek. The complaint alleges that Corbett planned several killings with Ronald Dean Yandell, aka Renegade, an Aryan Brotherhood leader who prosecutors say sits on the three-man commission that runs the gang. 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 love to play their cowardly games and knowing by doing so they are placing lives in direct danger. 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. 110w. Crime and Public Safety | Holding cowards accountable. According to the complaint, Yandell and Corbett plotted to murder an Aryan Brotherhood associate named Paul Dreamer Diaz, and talked about using Bobby believed to be Stockton as a hitman. The June complaint against 16 alleged Aryan Brotherhood members and associates describes two people allegedly working with the gang to smuggle in numerous cellphones and other contraband: an attorney named Kevin McNamara, 39, and a man named Justin Rune Petty, 38, who worked at Golden State Oversight, a company that ships monthly care packages to people incarcerated in state prison. (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. Yandell, a former Richmond resident, was in New Folsom State Prison, serving a life sentence in connection with a double homicide in El Sobrante. 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. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? 2 likes. 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Nate Gartrell covers crime, politics, and corruption in Contra Costa County. 0 There is plenty of leeway given for a pro per defendants legal assistant. Prosecutors say this was, meant to send a message to other inmates that Pequeens murder was a hit carried out by the Aryan Brotherhood.. 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. Best news I ever got, Corbett allegedly texted back. 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. (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. (Right): Close up of a weapon found at the scene. 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. Ronald's Obituary. 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. 0000043098 00000 n Rebecca Ruth Soutter. 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. Members who do not fulfill their obligations to the AB are subject to murder.. 2254 to challenge his 2004 conviction in Contra Costa County Superior Court. Rebuilding a world where everyone has a seat at the table. 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. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. >> Beaver, Yandell allegedly said, earned his rock, meaning he earned a shamrock tattoo signifying Aryan Brotherhood membership, by committing the deed. Yandell, also known as Renegade, was indicted in July on five counts of conspiracy to commit murder, as well heroin and methamphetamine trafficking. Not for the "stupid price" of $150 an acre foot. The so-called high-risk defendants histories go back decades, and include just about every serious rule violation an inmate can commit: There are allegations of arson, cell flooding, promotion of gang activity, sharing of contraband letters known as kites, drug smuggling, cellphone possession, manufacturing shanks, fistfights and several prison murders. Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. 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. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. Ronald Joseph Dean, age 60. The sheriffs office has not yet responded to the lawsuit in court. stream Outside of journalism, he doesn't do much. After his 2004 conviction, Yandell was transferred to the Pelican Bay segregated housing unit known as the SHU until 2016, when he was released thanks to a statewide prison hunger strike protesting solitary confinement, as well as a lawsuit filed by two Aryan Brotherhood members challenging the prison systems use of the SHU. The prison murders outlined in court records are in-line with this description. Ronald A. Martens, age 86, of Bulverde, Texas passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022. Marshal Service to talk to the jail about the issue, according to the Sacramento Bee. Obituary. The 10-page document accuses. Ronnie was a former employee of FMC in Jonesboro and worked the last . Dannys Cineros letter i received a week ago. 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. 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. Cloud Hospital. 0000000017 00000 n Last November, he accepted a plea deal on an involuntary manslaughter count, along with an additional three years in prison. 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. Officials seized over 40 . In the early 2010s, Yandell was one of several alleged prison gang leaders who called a truce between races and led a statewide prison and jail hunger strike, which along with corresponding lawsuits ultimately succeeded in ending Californias practice of keeping people in indefinite solitary confinement simply for alleged gang membership. But two months later, Stockton allegedly murdered another inmate, Douglas Maynard, on Corbetts orders. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. 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. 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. This story has been shared 348,615 times. 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. 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. /H [ 929 333 ] It started in California prisons in the 1960s, and basically functions as a large, violent drug trafficking organization. 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. With a few more clips to come in near future, shining the light on what the . Ronald Dean Yandell, 56, widely considered to be one of California's most influential gangsters, told federal Judge Kimberly Mueller at a hearing Wednesday morning that he wishes to go "pro per,". He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. He was also tried and acquitted of a fatal stabbing at a state prison in Tracy, court records show. 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. 0000003872 00000 n Vote in our annual food bracket challenge. trailer 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. Photo sources: Facebook Contributed photo . Thanks to the wiretap, authorities intercepted the package. Torres, Yandell, and two-dozen suspected Aryan Brotherhood members and associates were indicted in July. According to the complaint, Yandell was caught on a wiretapped prison cellphone talking about both smuggling schemes, and arranging for shipments of phones and drugs. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. 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He allegedly told others he learned that four other white supremacist prison gangs the United Society of Aryan Skinheads, Wolf Pack, Golden State Skins and American Front had all recently formed a secret alliance against the Aryan Brotherhood. But in 2015, after statewide hunger strikes and lawsuits challenging the use of solitary confinement, Yandell was transferred to New Folsom prison in Sacramento. 0000041497 00000 n SACRAMENTO A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit filed by an alleged leader of the Aryan Brotherhood to proceed on grounds that the jail is improperly withholding a religious vegetarian diet, court records show. 0000013914 00000 n 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. 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