BRISTOL, RI Delaney Meserve, of Waterford, has been named to the Fall 2022 Dean's List at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, R.I. 0000003872 00000 n 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. Later, though, Yandell and others grew paranoid that McNamara was working for law enforcement and had set them up, the complaint says. Ronnie was a former employee of FMC in Jonesboro and worked the last . 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. 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. to Cecil Rickard and Captola Holifield. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. /ID [] One of the plaintiffs in the suit was Daniel Troxell, another member of the gangs commission and a co-defendant in the racketeering case. Proponents argued that keeping prisoners locked in small cells for up to 23 hours a day simply for being part of a gang amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. It is a racketeering conspiracy case, which alleges that Yandell plotted numerous killings from his prison cell in Sacramento, using contraband cellphones to communicate with other gang members, not that he personally committed any of the murders. View replies (1) badmans_world. Ronald WIlliams passed away on February 23, 2023 in Benson, Minnesota. 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. Judge Kimberly Mueller granted Torres an attorney to use as an adviser while he represents himself. The indictment accuses Yandell of being part of the three-man commission that runs the Aryan Brotherhood gang. 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. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. 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On Wednesday, about a dozen of the defendants appeared in federal court as a group for the first time. /Prev 65754 She said if he changes his mind down the line, she would likely feel disinclined to consider it. As a result of this and other accidents, Mr. Corbett has numerous plates and screws in his feet.. 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First, (the U.S. Attorneys office) assumes the jail has determined Mr. Corbetts shoes somehow pose a safety issueThe more likely explanation for the jails failure to provide Mr. Corbett with his shoes is the Sacramento County Sheriffs chronic disregard of and deliberate indifference to the medical needs of the people living within the jail, Daly wrote. Selma Dean Newlon, age 76, of Canyon Lake, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. What followed, according to federal prosecutors, was an attempted takeover of the state prison systems other predominantly white gangs, which has resulted in one of the biggest organized crime takedowns in California. 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. stream 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. He has since been transferred to California State Prison, Sacramento, which is also known as New Folsom. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. Im pretty sure I can handle this, Yandell said, according to the transcript. /Length 2208 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. breakingfetters. Typically, jail calls are monitored, but an exception is made when the inmate is talking about his or her own legal defense. /S 147 Ron was born July 1, 1940,to Talford and Helen Walton in Loogootee, Indiana. 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. Officials seized over 40 . (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. << 18 0 obj All my love and respects to you! Corbett and Yandell were incarcerated 220 miles apart from one another, but regularly communicated through contraband prison cell phones, prosecutors say. SACRAMENTO Court records recently filed by federal prosecutors suggest that members of dangerous prison gangs across California are acquiring contraband cellphones with ease. / No. 0000000828 00000 n Stockton, meanwhile, was serving life, having been convicted of murdering Corning resident Todd Bates, 20, in 1995. Another of Yandells co-defendants, an allegedly high-ranking member of the Mexican Mafia named Michael Mosca Torres, also has been allowed to represent himself, a move Torres made at his first court appearance last summer. Federal prosecutors charged them in 2019 with murder, drug smuggling in state prison, and various gang offenses. %%EOF Dannys Cineros letter i received a week ago. 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. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. (Right): Close up of a weapon found at the scene. 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 meals for religious reasons, according to a lawsuit reported by the Mercury News. 0000034449 00000 n /P 0 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. ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ORDER ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Defendant's motions for pretrial discovery, ECF Nos. 'O _5l35(solLf'u@?qSV'Q:Q-"[ySs|'_#3WYt/z /Pages 15 0 R 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. He is accused of recruiting members of Public Enemy Number 1, or PENI, a white supremacist gang whose founder was stabbed to death last year on a prison yard controlled by the Aryan Brotherhood. 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 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,". 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. 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.. 110w. 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. Ronald Dean WIlliams. Reply. 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. 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. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. He was also tried and acquitted of a fatal stabbing at a state prison in Tracy, court records show. He was buried in 1999, at burial place. Misconduct investigation underway after federal judge in California has 13-year-old daughter of defendant handcuffed, DA updates details about deadly, high-speed car crash that killed 3 Bay Area teens, East Bay man convicted for killing supervisor at Marin job site, Man wrongly imprisoned for 38 years declared innocent in killing of California woman, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life. The prison is under investigation by the FBI for alleged staff corruption, the Sacramento Bee reported last April. /Linearized 1 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. Photo sources: Facebook Contributed photo . 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. Stockton became eligible for a parole hearing in 2018. Plaintiff contends that the chronological order of events paints a clear picture of retaliation since moving plaintiff every few weeks to the exact same cells has absolutely no legitimate penological goal, Yandell wrote. 0000029741 00000 n 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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