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. xref 0000003872 00000 n /CropBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] All my love and respects to you! One of the shanks used in the killing had a Nazi symbol the SS, carved into it. Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. In conversations on Aug. 21, 2016, Yandell and Corbett allegedly plotted to murder Aryan Brotherhood associate Paul Dreamer Diaz. 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. They also discussed how Corbett had offered to murder an Aryan Brotherhood member named K-Bob while he was on the phone with Yandell, so that Yandell could listen to the murder, but that Yandell and K-Bob worked out their differences and it never came to that, according to prosecutors. 0000000929 00000 n endobj Ive filed many lawsuits while I was at Pelican Bay. Alleged Aryan Brotherhood killer says foot is in constant pain, asks judge to order special jail shoes The prison murders outlined in court records are in-line with this description. << Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. Thanks to the wiretap, authorities intercepted the package. 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. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. 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. Plaintiff is facing a potential death penalty case and is not allowed contact visits with his legal team.. It has an alliance with the Mexican Mafia, and is a rival of various African-American gangs, though all but one of the murder conspiracies alleged in the case are the result of internal politics. 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. 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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. Daniel also allegedly told the guard he was targeting another inmate who had recently been moved to protective custody. Maynards killing was one of five murders along with four thwarted murder plots that federal prosecutors charged Aryan Brotherhood members with ordering and carrying out. 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. Mueller tried several times to dissuade Yandell from making the move, warning him that he would likely be convicted and could be sentenced to death. 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. Ronald A. Martens, age 86, of Bulverde, Texas passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022. 20 0 obj (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. (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, 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. 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. Corbett allegedly told Yandell hed tried to reason with Diaz about an unspecified issue, but that Diaz had a death wish and Corbett was willing to smoke his a if they ended up on a yard together. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ORDER ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Defendant's motions for pretrial discovery, ECF Nos. One of the plaintiffs in the suit was Daniel Troxell, another member of the gangs commission and a co-defendant in the racketeering case. 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. (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. McNamara and Kristen Demar wentto visit Sylvester in New Folsom Prison in August 2016. Yandell, also known as Renegade, was indicted in July on five counts of conspiracy to commit murder, as well heroin and methamphetamine trafficking. 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. Pinell was targeted, according to the criminal complaint, because he frequently aired virulently racists opinions and provocative statements at white inmates, which made him a high priority target for the AB. 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. /MediaBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] The group is due back in court on Oct. 23 in front of Mueller, who said she expects to hear a number of defense motions on that date. In 2019, prosecutors charged that Mazza was ordered to murder Trippe by Ronald Dean Yandell, an alleged Aryan Brotherhood commissioner who is the lead defendant in the case. Yandells lawsuit echoes concerns raised by several of his co-defendants; he alleges the jails visitation and phone system is inadequate for purposes of meeting with his attorneys (Yandell is acting as his own attorney in the criminal case but has been assigned stand-by counsel). That same month, Yandell allegedly coordinated with Petty to send contraband concealed in cereal, brownies and other food items. /Resources << 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. Corbett and Yandell also discussed killing an Aryan Brotherhood associate named K-Bob, but K-Bob later cleared the air with the gangs leadership and the hit was called off, prosecutors say. 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. It was a scary trial.. 110w. May 19, 1933 - Feb 23, 2023. 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. Last November, he accepted a plea deal on an involuntary manslaughter count, along with an additional three years in prison. Corbetts attorney, meanwhile, put forth an odd motion that his client be provided with special shoes to accommodate his very unique foot, explaining that Corbett has battled gout and other problems stemming from motorcycle injuries since his teen years. Prison officials, . In 2004, he was convicted of murder and manslaughter and sentenced to 65 years to life. We've received your submission. Brady then allegedly joined in the attack, ignoring guards commands to cease. 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. 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. (Yandell) is a very dangerous dude. The prison hunger strike challenged the states former policy, which said that gang affiliation was enough to justify an indeterminate SHU term. Both Yandell and Brady are facing federal charges related to a massive investigation into the Aryan Brotherhood, which resulted in five murder and four murder conspiracy charges, as well as. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File). The case is moving forward, albeit slowly. My heart is swelled up right now.. 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. Yandell, a former Richmond resident, was in New Folsom State Prison, serving a life sentence in connection with a double homicide in El Sobrante. >> At the time he was killed, DeLong had only seven months left on his sentence on a burglary charge. In bid for freedom, Aryan Brotherhood member has an unlikely ally: The man he allegedly plotted to murder Marshal Service to talk to the jail about the issue, according to the Sacramento Bee. >> Nate Gartrell covers crime, politics, and corruption in Contra Costa County. 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He was born April 26, 1956 in Kennett Mo. The defendants have all waived their right to a speedy trial, ensuring the early stages of the case will last for months. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per . Yandell,. Yandell has argued that the federal charges against him are retaliation for his involvement in the hunger strike. Reply. (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. 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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,". 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. 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. %PDF-1.4 0000032909 00000 n Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. 0000013914 00000 n Please know my appreciaton (sic) is huge. Opinion: Colorado farms going fallow? Yandell and Troxell are allegedly part of the three-man commission that runs the California wing of the Aryan Brotherhood. 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. In addition to allegedly ordering Maynards killing, Corbett and another alleged Aryan Brotherhood member, Pat Brady, are facing federal and state charges of murdering inmate Donald Pequeen in High Desert State Prison in July 2018. 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 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. 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