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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. 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. The defendants have all waived their right to a speedy trial, ensuring the early stages of the case will last for months. /Info 16 0 R 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. 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. 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Mendezs order upholds recommendations by a federal magistrate, which Yandell objected to. 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. 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. xref 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. 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. 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. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasnt followed: What should you do? Yandells history of violence, including accusations of trying to have witnesses against him murdered, is well-documented. 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. 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. 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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. Reply. 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. 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. 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. The charges unsealed Thursday, June 6, 2019, detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cell phones. 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. Though the case was filed nearly two years ago, the trial is likely years away. Im pretty sure I can handle this, Yandell said, according to the transcript. Outside of journalism, he doesn't do much. 0000041750 00000 n View replies (1) badmans_world. /Linearized 1 /Root 19 0 R 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. He grew up in Olton, Texas, and graduated from Olton High in 1968. Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. The idea, according to the informant, was to kill two birds with one stone; get rid of Maynard, while ensuring Stockton would be removed from that prison housing unit. The shoes are important, Corbetts attorneys argued, because he is in constant pain without them. Photo sources: Facebook Contributed photo . 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. Reach him at 925-779-7174. Authorities say he was talking to another Aryan Brotherhood member, Pat Brady, and while Pequeen was distracted, Corbett attacked him from behind. 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. I promise you Im going to diligently fight this case, Yandell told Mueller during the questioning. 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. In a September legal motion, they cited several disciplinary issues that arose since the indictment was filed. Both motions were fully briefed. Corbett suffers from gout and complications from multiple motorcycle-related injuries, his attorneys said in motions and in open court. 1 like. /Names << /Dests 6 0 R>> Wednesdays hearing lasted about a half-hour, and each defense attorney was given an opportunity to bring up issues or announce what motions they plan to file. The case is moving forward, albeit slowly. 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. 70. The defendants have pleaded not guilty, with two notable exceptions: Nolan and Hall have not yet been caught, and authorities do not know where they are. For example in one accident he suffered a severe concussion as well as broke his feet so grievously thathis bones were cut off in order to remove his boots, Corbetts attorney Kresta Daly wrote in a motion. xZn7? .*0r }HHX0KzUTzkrw?/2y*7_^3Nw|74>,C>RxbjW\&=9nyj5~lm|~{;`)(_>hN!=L>f8}sm 5(2a1).8v77-sfLwJY{RFrX~/e/seud1;bT0f*^36:RQMrcE7V G`{pUSoQvPurA hXDlFF7 lM6h8:#Tb5MnfStY[k5F3w-N?nN_B`hm3FlyW ^fz7!\`d~(urKx4)T5dJ7o(-pEm8(lkzEAgEciX NeFE`%w}/wS}axZh\Y{s*8!D]#G^!*}!psWm.U{R 1YS+w&G9)J:/g{$7z,nPaO:;cm92!R/k(Y pb B4BYD[Z^:S! He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. 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. endobj (Right): Close up of a weapon found at the scene. He also alleges that since October 2020 he has been denied outside recreation altogether, and that since last June jail personnel have moved him to a new cell at least once every two weeks as a form of harassment. 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. Lost to gun violence on February 15, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. 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. 0000001578 00000 n At the next hearing next, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hitt, the lead prosecutor, is expected to address Yandells move. /Type /Page Feds: Aryan Brotherhood defendants caught with 43 prison cellphones in recent years Prosecutors say this was, meant to send a message to other inmates that Pequeens murder was a hit carried out by the Aryan Brotherhood.. 0000005071 00000 n 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. The inmates Yandell, Daniel Troxell, William Sylvester, Travis Burhop, Brant Daniel, Donald Mazza, Pat Brady, Jason Corbett, Samuel Keeton and Michael Torres have all been singled out as high-risk defendants, and prosecutors are employing rare legal tactics to limit their movements as the case slowly makes its way to trial. Prosecutors say Yandell spoke of wanting to build an army within California prisons, and forming a new Aryan Brotherhood composed entirely of hardened killers, with plans to force rival white gangs across the state to bend the knee. >> IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasn't followed: What should you do? Prosecutors havent taken the death penalty off the table in Yandells case, according to Newsweek. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. Prison officials, . Prison officials have countered that letting gang leaders enter general population yards has led to widespread prison violence, including the five murders and four murder plots alleged in the Aryan Brotherhood complaint. 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. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? 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. 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. That same month, Yandell allegedly coordinated with Petty to send contraband concealed in cereal, brownies and other food items. 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. 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. breakingfetters. 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. Claire recommended tossing Yandells claims that the sheriff was harassing him by constantly transferring him and other co-defendants to different cells in the Sacramento Jail, where Yandell and several other alleged Aryan Brotherhood members await trial on racketeering charges. 0000014487 00000 n /Size 43 /Metadata 17 0 R /Resources << SERVICE BY MAIL: #10 Order, Findings and Recommendations served on Ronald Dean Yandell. 0000029741 00000 n Another murder victim, Hugo Yogi Pinell, was stabbed to death, allegedly by AB associates Jayson Beaver Weaver and Waylon Pitchford on a Folsom yard in 2015. /E 56502 They love to play their cowardly games and knowing by doing so they are placing lives in direct danger. He was also tried and acquitted of a fatal stabbing at a state prison in Tracy, court records show. Nine members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood in particular, along with one member of the Mexican Mafia, have been busted with a total of 43 prison cellphones, most of which were recovered over the past three years, according to the records. Plaintiff is facing a potential death penalty case and is not allowed contact visits with his legal team.. Maynard did not defend himself, but Stockton stabbed him until guards intervened, prosecutors allege. Torres, Yandell, and two-dozen suspected Aryan Brotherhood members and associates were indicted in July. The suit says Stockton was part of a statewide prisoner hunger strike in the early 2010s, which protested widespread use of the SHU and succeeded in getting prison officials to transfer hundreds of alleged prison gang members to general population yards. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. 0000034092 00000 n 0000034449 00000 n /ProcSet [/PDF /Text] Tattoos displaying Aryan Brotherhood symbols. 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. /O 20 (Yandell) is a very dangerous dude. 1291. /CropBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] Corbett said he could send another inmate named Bobby Stockton to do the deed, prosecutors allege. (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. Yandell,who is serving a life sentence in connection with a 2001 double homicide, requested the special vegetarian grub on March 8, 2020, and March 20, 2020, but never received it, according to the federal lawsuit filed March 15. Daly responded in court filings that the jail has a history of ignoring inmates serious medical needs. 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