Maynard did not defend himself, but Stockton stabbed him until guards intervened, prosecutors allege. 0000038349 00000 n 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 aspires to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. Yandell is asking a judge to order the jail to end its unconstitutional practices., 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. That same month, Yandell allegedly coordinated with Petty to send contraband concealed in cereal, brownies and other food items. 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. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] 0000004123 00000 n I know its difficult, but I believe with my motivation, and I do have enough intelligence to handle it. The 10-page document accuses outgoing Sheriff Scott Jones of violating Yandells constitutional rights. 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. 70. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire denied Corbetts motion at a Monday hearing in Sacramento, but she asked the U.S. The attack kicked off a riot between black and white inmates on the Folsom yard, which lasted roughly 20 minutes, according to the complaint. stream 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. Ive filed many lawsuits while I was at Pelican Bay. 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. We've received your submission. Stockton, meanwhile, was serving life, having been convicted of murdering Corning resident Todd Bates, 20, in 1995. 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. Quesenberry was an alleged FAIM member, and had several felony convictions, including for drug possession and robbery, but was still allowed to take that role. 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. 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. AB members are required, when ordered, to kill without hesitation, the criminal complaint says. 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. (Right): Close up of the prison-made weapon Sylvester allegedly used in the Oct. 7, 2011 murder of Ronald Richardson. Reply. 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. Ronnie was a former employee of FMC in Jonesboro and worked the last . Diaz was moved into protective custody before the killing could take place, authorities said. 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. endobj 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. 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. 21 0 obj And I know best, more than anybody, what I did and didnt do. 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. Though the case was filed nearly two years ago, the trial is likely years away. (Left): Prosecutors allege California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials found Aryan Brotherhood member Billy Sylvester bloodstained on his hands, shoes and right sleeve. 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. Petty reportedly told Yandell he was willing to do this, but wanted to make sure his cover would not be blown, as his job was his primary source of income for his family. I promise you Im going to diligently fight this case, Yandell told Mueller during the questioning. 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. Butler pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. /Filter [/FlateDecode ] Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. Deputies wrote that when they attempted to escort Yandell to dayroom, he aggressively approached deputies with his fists cocked and called one a punk and a b-. Three deputies tackled him to the ground in an ensuing confrontation, the report alleges. The case is moving forward, albeit slowly. He was buried in 1999, at burial place. In conversations on Aug. 21, 2016, Yandell and Corbett allegedly plotted to murder Aryan Brotherhood associate Paul Dreamer Diaz. 19 0 obj 18 0 obj In the years leading up to his trial, he allegedly ordered two associates to murder witnesses against him, but the plot failed, authorities said. On Wednesday, about a dozen of the defendants appeared in federal court as a group for the first time. 0000042691 00000 n Selma Dean Newlon, age 76, of Canyon Lake, Texas passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. 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. He was also tried and acquitted of a fatal stabbing at a state prison in Tracy, court records show. 111w. 1 like. A documentary we started creating in 2017 to bring racial unity across the prisons in Ca & ripple outward from there; the same way these men in the Doc came together in pelican bay hunger strike's (2011-2013) to get their freedom from the SHU after a decade or two. With a few more clips to come in near future, shining the light on what the . Ronald A. Martens, age 86, of Bulverde, Texas passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022. They argued that such allegations were often unsupported and based upon anonymous informants, and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. 0000043098 00000 n 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 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,". 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. 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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. RONALD DEAN YANDELL, Defendant. The indictment accuses Yandell of being part of the three-man commission that runs the Aryan Brotherhood gang. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. He then attended West Texas State University. Beaver, Yandell allegedly said, earned his rock, meaning he earned a shamrock tattoo signifying Aryan Brotherhood membership, by committing the deed. In his objection to Claires finding, Yandell said the cell transfers started after July 11, 2020, when he was involved in an altercation with three deputies. 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