Simon and Staples were then taken into police custody. "There's still a criminal element that's involved with motorcycle gangs. OUT OF CONTROLJune 26, 2010. They clashed in the New Jersey state prison's recreation area where inmates can play chess and select books from a library. I considered siccing Trixie on him, but the poodle was busy taking a leak on some of those troublesome flowers. Follow him on Twitter @GregAdomaitis. On may 6, 1995 police sgt. Officials did not release a cause of death. It was a community of quirky demographics and zoning apparently born of midnight handshakes and envelopes plump with cash. Publication date. A diner that later served as the setting for a pivotal scene in a popular Oscar-winning film. [14], On January 21, 1993, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (PBPP) denied a parole application they received from Simon citing his high risk of continued involvement with the Philly Warlocks along with his need for substance abuse treatment. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death . PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Robert ``Mudman Simon showed no remorse the day a judge sentenced him for the murder of a girlfriend who had refused to have group sex with his motorcycle gang. Long, steep streets named after American presidents swept down into a densely populated plain, a bewildering grid of narrow backstreets, before climbing yet more hills on the far side. The D&D crowd just loved me. He was beaten to death in prison in 1999. He then stabbed a fellow inmate in 1984 with a makeshift knife that was more than a foot long. Print length. We were just practicing our blocking techniques for football season.. "Prison is a violent place," he said. [25][26], On September 7, 1999, a reported fistfight broke out between Harris and Simon while the pair were in one of the prison recreational areas. After that, paroles, like commutations, declined dramatically. Simon shot Gonzales twice, in the head and neck, killing him instantly. And the local child molester had recently been dragged out of the creek, beaten half to death by unknown assailants. On a sunny September morning Mud got into an altercation on the death row yard with a con known as Squirt Boy, a scumbag awaiting final judgment for the rape and murder of a young artist. Not long before, Mud had burned down a store on the Ocean City, New Jersey boardwalk. March 3 (UPI) -- A Kentucky man who stopped to buy some breakfast said he lost his appetite when he won $50,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket. But he might knock my teeth out. In 1983, Nauss managed to escape from Graterford Prison in a cabinet created in the woodworking shop. His biggest fault was also his most respectable feature hed take the hit before hed ever tell. Harris repeatedly kicked and stomped Simon before jumping from a table's stainless steel stool and landing on his head, fatally crushing Simon's skull.[27]. Robert (Mudman) Simon, released from Graterford state prison in February after serving 20 years, is one of two men charged with the fatal shooting of Franklin Township, N.J., Officer Ippolito . British bus driver stops to give loose sheep a lift. Pa. 1999)", "MEDICAL RECORDS MAY IDENTIFY BURNED BODY POLICE", "Mihalick v. Simon, CIVIL ACTION NO. Simon grabbed Yo by the collar. Sure he was, in many ways and on many occasions. The two groups were apparently so familiar with each other that Hogan said he heard years later from a source close to the investigation that the reason Staples took his chance in court rather than a deal from the state was because he thought Hogan was still on the parole board. He was ill-tempered and dangerous. Get up and fight, flower girl!, I was rescued by the timely arrival of a neighbor, Mr. Carr, walking his poodle Trixie. For your grave.. Maybe shell buy you a can of soup.. Previous page. On May 6th, less than three months after being released from prison, Simon, along with another Warlock, Charles "Shovel" Staples, was pulled over in Gloucester County, NJ, by Police Sgt. A 19th Century mansion on a wooded tract owned by two wealthy eccentric spinster sisters. He chuckled and swaggered off toward his house up the block. BLUE ROUTE Author Ed McGinnis Publishes Third Novel, THE DREAM GARDEN, AND A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND, UNSOLICITED WRITING ADVICE & THE ILLUMINATED SUBJECT, THE FOREVER FAMILY AND THE GENESIS OF A TITLE, PERSEVERANCE, PERSISTENCE AND THE PWP 3850. Simon, 43, and another Warlocks member are charged with killing Franklin Township police Sgt. A. Charles Peruto Jr., the lawyer who represented Simon before the board, said New Jersey, not Pennsylvania, should bear the responsibility for allowing him to settle so close to his buddy Staples. Who was I going to call? Please, On May 6th, less than three months after being released from prison, Simon, along with another Warlock, Charles "Shovel" Staples, was pulled over in Gloucester County, NJ, by Police Sgt. [19] Simon continued to use drugs and associate with the Warlocks MC, in violation of his parole conditions. Gonzalez exited his patrol cruiser and proceeded to question the vehicle's occupants. Brown said the going price was $300. #26. He had formerly been sentenced to death by the state of New Jersey on May 6, 1995, for his part in the fatal shooting of Franklin Township police sergeant Ippolito Gonzalez. Hes a boxerand a black belt., Not really. The Mudman virtually shoved me out the door. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. Weeks after being freed on parole, he killed the policeman. He moved toward me once again. He stared at it, puzzled. The Mudman could be one seriously disgruntled customer. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. They described him as one of the worst sociopaths they had ever encountered. There were also large center hall stone homes with Lincolns, Cadillacs and Mercedes in the driveways, with colorful gardens and in-ground pools. What most people dont know or chose not to believe is that Bobby didnt kill that girl. Thousands of police officers from around the Northeast attended Gonzalezs funeral Thursday in Vineland, N.J. 'If even only half of it is true, Graterford is in sad shape in terms of its management and lack of professional responsibility.' Frank Hannon, another convicted murderer, testified earlier that he believed Simon bought his parole by paying off guards but said he had no first hand knowledge. My friends? Simon took a .45 caliber handgun that belonged to his wingman. Inmate hopes for freedom were now nearly dashed . While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. At all. He served more than 12 years of a 20-year sentence for shooting his girlfriend between the eyes when she wouldn't have sex with other Warlocks bikers, according to previous reports. [2], Robert Ronald Simon was born on September 4, 1951, in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Ippolito ``Lee Gonzalez, 40, on Saturday night. Simon . The Bucks County artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. Who is this asshole?, Yo-Yo, Mud repeated, his inflection making it sound like the name of a disease that people didnt mention in polite company. I knew Bobby Simon much better than did any of the reporters whose bylines appear on those stories, which is nothing to be proud of. "This was a tragic loss. Like the other 1% gangs, the Warlocks murder, deal drugs, rob, and bat the crap about of people, among other activities. Theres a FB group called, Pagan MC is a bunch of losers. Its a page dedicated to spreading awareness about the crime ridden motorcycle club called the Pagans. The page has 124 followers. One of the three got popped for a coffee and donuts bit and gave them that story to get him off the hook. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez on May 6, 1995. The Warlocks Winchester MC facebook page which states, We are a nonprofit motorcycle club. These Valuable Pennies Are Worth Thousands. Harris had a history of attacking guards and prisoners. Family and community. I just read the Waltons very poignant very real! [6] He was said to have held the club title of "enforcer", and was utilized by his fellow Warlock co-founders to intimidate the club's rivals. His mother smoked about as often as mine did, which was never. The Mudman became a national cause clbre, a 250-pound symbol of everything that was wrong with Americas criminal justice system. [15] Despite this, he was classified as merely a "low risk" on parole assessment documents. Ambrose Harris. He had formerly been sentenced to death by the state of New Jersey on May 6, 1995 for his part in the fatal shooting of Franklin Township police sergeant Ippolito Gonzalez. Sludge Simmons has a fateful encounter with a 300,000-pound locomotive.A price is paid, as it should be. 404 pages. Simons parole was approved by a board member and a hearing examiner, Parole Board spokeswoman Darlene Zelazny said. Certainly it's not the majority of motorcycle enthusiasts," he offered. 0:00. "I have to do 31 years, four months and 19 days before becoming eligible for parole on Oct. 26, 2026. Prison officers were reported to have taken at least five minutes to intervene in the fight. The first bullet passed through the side of his neck, knocking the officer to the ground. Required fields are marked *. I was perusing a field guide to American flora, attempting to determine which wildflowers were which. The county political boss lived nearby, as did the avuncular anchorman of Philadelphias top-rated TV newscast and a once-famous 50s rock and roller. Maybe he can borrow my old mans dentures., He leaned down, exhaling Marlboro smoke into Yos battered face. The Warlocks MC, another 1% club, was founded in 1967 right here in Philadelphia. Police officers recount night of fatal shooting in 10th anniversary column. . Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The neighborhood was a bit of a bastard, as neighborhoods went. Mudman met Squirt Boy on death row. Of course, none of us wants to go to prison and therefore avoid illegal activities like burglary and murder. I was in sixth grade. Bobby and the guy returned to her dead. He showed no remorse. Approximately 85 B & W ill., including interior photos of the 1835 prison. Officials did not release a cause of death. They were being held on $2 million bail. It proved unsuccessful and he ended up back in the slammer. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. "They're the guys on the street. Ambrose Harris, 68, died Tuesday at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, the state Department of Corrections said. ``Its the only case where I ever wore a bulletproof vest, Lavelle said. Bobby helped them discard her body because thats what bros do. They resembled small rose petals in the wind. As Simon was let out of his cell so it could be fumigated, he tried to tackle Harris in a recreation cage, sources said. Mudman, many felt, received a lethal Bollingen Prize of poetic justice. Four years later, he was stomped to death by an inmate . Simon, a motorcycle gang member who was one of the state's most notorious prisoners, was pronounced dead after being involved in the fight with Ambrose Harris, corrections spokeswoman Mary Ellen Bolton said. The gang member, Robert Simon, 45, who was also known as Mudman, showed no emotion as the verdict was pronounced. I heard someone clear his throat behind me. Dealing with structured environments was never Simons forte. He refused to let Simon out unless he said, `No more Warlocks. It was New Jersey who didnt monitor him after he was out, Peruto said. Simon promptly departed from the vehicle's passenger side and attempted to flee the area on foot whilst aiming his gun at one of the responding police officers who was ordering him to halt. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Sometimes not. People rarely got very far once Mudman Simon stepped into their path. Bobby was a guy who was always looking for a party and always wanted everyone there to have a good time. ``I expressed in as forceful language as I could my strong opinion that Robert Simon should never see the light of day in Pennsylvania or any other place in the free world, said Lavelle, who wrote to the state parole board in 1992 to object to Simons release. Harris life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. Bobby Simon had recently moved on up from membership in a local fraternal organization known as the Warlords into the Warlocks Motorcycle Club, among the hardest of hardcore one-percenters. It was the first official 1% outlaw motorcycle club founded in Pennsylvania.The club is most prominent in the Philadelphia and Delaware County area, but they have . After doing so, one of the two Warlock bikers shot Gonzalez a total of two times. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Simon, grinning, said: Now Yo-Yo got a pain in both of his yos. As an honor to Gonzalez, two graduating Delsea Regional High School students are awarded a $1,500 scholarship every year to further their education in law enforcement. Harris, already serving time for murder and rape, was found not . When asked what happened, the man answers: "I just killed everybody."OUT OF HIS MINDNot far from the accident, police make a gruesome discovery in the home of Michael's . One of the more infamous was the late Robert "Mudman" Simon who killed a Franklin Township police sergeant in Franklinville, NJ, in 1995. "That was his lifestyle. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez. Simon stood accused of murdering his girlfriend, Beth Smith Dusenberg of Drexel Hill, and dumping her body in a water-filled coal mine pit near Hazleton, where it was . In 1999 death row inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, who was convicted of killing a police officer, died during a fight. I gave it a few minutes, and then looked out the window. The reporters were much better off remaining at a safe distance, like visitors to the lions den at the Philadelphia Zoo. [18], Unbeknownst to the parole board's officials, the Warlocks Motorcycle Club had quite the presence within the area, which was even regarded to be a "stronghold" for the biker gang. 0:53. Bobby and the boyfriend stepped out to grab some beer and the three perverts he left her with killed her. Robert "Mudman" Simon. The lethal injection chamber at the prison was never used, and the New Jersey Governor repealed the death penalty in December 2007. A bucolic creek. It might have been the latest in a long and strange list of childhood obsessions, somewhere between the Roman Empire, the Civil War, the Old West, 1940s film noir, the Manson killings and geology. Its a shame that there arent more like him. It was the first official 1% outlaw motorcycle club founded in Pennsylvania. Christie Whitman has asked for a report on the parole bureaus role. A rich fantasy life wasnt required in order to imagine whom he planned to take his irritation out on, given half the chance. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 28 -- A Pennsylvania prison inmate said Thursday that outlaw biker Robert 'Mudman' Simon bribed his way out of Graterford state prison 11 weeks before he was charged with . In fiction and in life, people do what they do. Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, was the first to meet such an end since the moratorium on capital punishment in the United States was lifted 23 years ago. On May 6, 1995, defendant Robert "Mudman" Simon shot and killed Franklin Township Police Officer Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez during an otherwise routine traffic stop of a car in which Simon was a passenger. Youre looking at flowers! He was an eyewitness to the 1999 slaying of Robert "Mudman" Simon, a Warlocks gang member convicted of killing a Franklin Township police officer. The major difference being that when things soured, Simon would literally shoot you in the head rather than figuratively stab you in the back. You go outside and Ill follow you., Dont worry about it, little brother. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. [7] Simon was also suspected of murdering an inmate at State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh during his incarceration period. My dear friend Patti sent a letter in response to my post the other day about walking along Merion Rd when the Pagan MC drove by: in the 1970s, members of the Warlocks (NFM: the main rivals to the Pagan MC) were suspected in the deaths of a 17-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman whose skeletal remains were found in the Tinicum marsh, now known as the John Heinz Wildlife Preserve. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez, left, and Charles "Shovel" Staples, right, as seen in a recent prison photo. 2d 615 (E.D. [1] However, he was ultimately beaten to death at New Jersey State Prison by a fellow death row inmate before he could be executed. The Mudman lived there too. They committed the act, Gonzalez pulled the duo over right before his shift was about to end, Simon fatally shot the officer before being wounded himself. 464 Conchester Highway, Aston, PA 19014-3106. Beautifully maintained parks and athletic fields. There were rumors of money changing hands, of intimidation. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. Ambrose Harris, 47, sentenced to death for raping and killing a 22-year-old artist, attacked Simon, who shot dead a police officer four years ago, said investigators. Yo-Yo either did not hear this last sentence or chose to ignore itwith disastrous consequences. There were corner bars, rowhouses, nondescript apartment buildings, even a trailer park discreetly tucked away in the woods by the railroad tracks. New Jersey parole officials allowed Simon to move to Williamstown because they thought Warlocks were virtually nonexistent. They still have to pull over that car and they don't know what's behind the tinted window," Sand said of police work -- a world of "real threats and unknown dangers.". In the immortal words of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Girl, we cant change the places where we were born. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Brown said corruption at the suburban Philadelphia prison extends into the upper levels of management and that some guards give special treatment to inmates in exchange for money, drugs and sexual favors. The mansion was located just yards from the trailer park, which symbolized the bipolar dichotomy, the odd gestalt, of the neighborhood, as well as anything. According to police informants, her body was buried in Tinicum Marsh. A.K.A. With approval from the New Jersey parole board, he settled at Black Horse RV Trailer Park in Williamstown, New Jersey when released. Ippolito "Lee . 3 children killed, 2 hospitalized in North Texas domestic incident, At least 5 dead following year's first severe spring weather outbreak, Pennsylvania woman missing for more than 30 years found in Puerto Rico, 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'True Romance' actor Tom Sizemore dead at 61, Russia's Lavrov laughed at after saying West started war in Ukraine. She refused so he took . Warlocks Motorcycle Club West Virginia. March 2 (UPI) -- A Florida woman earned a Guinness World Record when she completed 23 ultra-marathon runs -- 31.1 miles -- in a 23-day period. ``From everything we knew, there was no report of motorcycle activity, and it had diminished considerably in the state, board spokeswoman Patricia Mulcahy said.