Federal prosecutors, in the criminal case, have denied claims by Yandells co-defendants that the Sacramento jail cant facilitate confidential legal visits, calling such claims misleading and impossible to square with objective reality.. One of them, Ronald Dean Yandell, 57, an alleged member of the Aryan Brotherhood's three-man leadership commission, was caught with 10 cellphones from 2016 to 2019, according to the records. Barry Mills, the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood, died July 8, 2018, at age Yandell, a former Richmond resident, was in New Folsom State Prison, serving a life sentence in connection with a double homicide in El Sobrante. /E 56502 Ronald lived in 1930, at address, Oklahoma. 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. Prison officials, who were wise to the scheme at this point, placed an audio-free camera in the meeting room and caught what appeared to be Demar passing something to Sylvester, who was Yandells cellmate at the time. Selma Dean Newlon, age 76, of Canyon Lake, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. A half-hour later, DeLong was dead, lying in a pool of his own blood in the floor of the cell. 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. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. . She said if he changes his mind down the line, she would likely feel disinclined to consider it. (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. 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. 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. /Linearized 1 A graveside service for Ronald will be held Friday, October 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery Bulverde. The 10-page document accuses outgoing Sheriff Scott Jones of violating Yandells constitutional rights. May 19, 1933 - Feb 23, 2023. Yandell was released to Contra Costa County in 2001, and spent 45 days a free man before he killed two people in El Sobrante. << /H [ 929 333 ] 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,". Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. 0000012725 00000 n Both motions were fully briefed. Corbetts alleged victim, Donald Pequeen, was stabbed more than 10 times on the prison yard. /TrimBox [0.0000 0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] 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. The all-white Aryan Brotherhood was formed in California prisons in the 1960s, and has grown into a multimillion dollar organized crime ring. Yandell insisted that he was the right man for the job. 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. Daly responded in court filings that the jail has a history of ignoring inmates serious medical needs. 1983 action alleging that his constitutional rights were violated when defendants revalidated him as a gang member. Build an army: Aryan Brotherhood leaders, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Build an army: Aryan Brotherhood leaders attempted to rule over all white California prison gangs, feds say, Commercial fire in Laguna Hills causes $2 million in damage, Gov. Aryan Brotherhood case: Alleged Mexican Mafia member caught with prison handcuff key as judge considers unprecedented restrictions /Info 16 0 R (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. 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. The 10-page document accuses. 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. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasn't followed: What should you do? Holding cowards accountable. Heallegedly ran a years-long drug trafficking operation behind prison walls using smuggled cellphones. The indictment accuses Yandell of being part of the three-man commission that runs the Aryan Brotherhood gang. 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. Ronald Joseph Walton, 82, of New Braunfels, Texas, went home to the Lord on February 4, 2023,with his family by his side in San Antonio. 1023 and 1040, came on for hearing before the undersigned on May 4, 2022. (Yandell) is a very dangerous dude. SACRAMENTO In an unexpected twist, a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang has declared that hes decided to give up his experienced court-appointed attorney and instead fight a multiple-murder death penalty case by himself. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? But the Sept. 24 order by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez also throws out several more serious claims by 59-year-old Richmond native Ronald Dean Yandell that accuse the Sacramento sheriff of retaliation and harassment. Defense attorneys in the case, meanwhile, are arguing for the opposite, asserting in motions that the defendants have been placed in such restrictive environments that it limits their ability to effectively fight the charges. 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.. Ronald Yandell. 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. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. startxref Ronnie Yandell speaks on the massive corruption @California state prisons &amp;amp; Jail's. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. 0000004123 00000 n 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. My Videos 1; 2 15:08. In his objection to Claire's finding, Yandell said the cell transfers started. But prosecutors argue that the defendants own conduct warrants the unorthodox restrictions. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! That same month, Yandell allegedly coordinated with Petty to send contraband concealed in cereal, brownies and other food items. The charges unsealed Thursday, June 6, 2019, detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cell phones. In 4 years, Lori Lightfoot went from breakout political star to divisive mayor of a Chicago beset by pandemic and crime, Florida lawmakers to consider expansion of so-called dont say gay law, Drone crashes at Disneyland after hovering over visitors heads See video, Rapper Travis Scott wanted for assaulting Manhattan club sound engineer, destroying $12K in equipment, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Im pretty sure I can handle this, Yandell said, according to the transcript. A year later, Yandell allegedly discussed the murder in a 20-minute call with AB member Pat Brady, an inmate at High Desert State Prison who also had a cellphone, according to prosecutors. Now, Yandell and 15 other accused Aryan Brotherhood members and associates are fighting federal charges, alleging five murders, four murder plots, prison drug trafficking and other crimes. 110w. They argued that such allegations were often unsupported and based upon anonymous informants, and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The attack kicked off a riot between black and white inmates on the Folsom yard, which lasted roughly 20 minutes, according to the complaint. 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. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. 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. 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. When the charges were filed, the incarcerated defendants were taken from their cells in prisons across California and placed in federal custody in Sacramento. Officials seized over 40 . Please know my appreciaton (sic) is huge. Ronald Yandell, 56, is the alleged ringleader of a crime spree involving the Aryan Brotherhood gang. But in 2015, after statewide hunger strikes and lawsuits challenging the use of solitary confinement, Yandell was transferred to New Folsom prison in Sacramento. But two months later, Stockton allegedly murdered another inmate, Douglas Maynard, on Corbetts orders. Rebuilding a world where everyone has a seat at the table. 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. Though the case was filed nearly two years ago, the trial is likely years away. 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. 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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. %PDF-1.4 In a somewhat snarky motion, federal prosecutors offered this response to Daly: that Corbetts feet seemed to be working just fine in July 2018, when he and another alleged Aryan Brotherhood member used shanks to murder a fellow inmate at High Desert State Prison on behalf of their gang. Benson, Minnesota. Pinell was stabbed 20 times. 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