He was always taken care of,' said Brown, who is now serving his life sentence for murder at Huntington state prison. The two bikers had just committed a commercial burglary. I was in sixth grade. Print length. Ippolito Gonzalez. The Mudman lived there too. The Warlocks Winchester MC facebook page which states, We are a nonprofit motorcycle club. Committee Chairman Stewart Greenleaf said the testimony, despite coming from convicted felons, was troubling. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The Mudman could be one seriously disgruntled customer. Simon grabbed Yo by the collar. Approximately 85 B & W ill., including interior photos of the 1835 prison. He reads flower books!. Simon took a different route in his attempt to stay out of prison - murdering a policeman. Operating at the time out of what's now a bank in Newfield, Hogan said his force wire-tapped the Warlocks' phones and raided their headquarters a few times. "Then he climbed on a table and stomped on his head." Hes a boxerand a black belt., Not really. ``From everything we knew, there was no report of motorcycle activity, and it had diminished considerably in the state, board spokeswoman Patricia Mulcahy said. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez. Give em to your mom. We have chapters worldwide. new jersey pulled over warlocks members robert mudman simon and charles shovel staples on a traffic stop moments after the two had committed a commercial burglary. Was he? Police officers recount night of fatal shooting in 10th anniversary column. "He was a tremendous officer, an example of how dangerous police work can be. ``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. [1] However, he was ultimately beaten to death at New Jersey State Prison by a fellow death row inmate before he could be executed. He soon shot and killed a New Jersey police officer. In 1995, Pennsylvania Motorcycle Gang member Robert 'Mudman' Simon killed a police officer at a traffic stop and was sentenced to death. If you messed with the people he cared about, you got hurt but on the most part, fighting wasnt something that came natural to him. Hed only been out three months so I can see why he wouldnt want to go back to prison. Eleven weeks later he gunned down a New Jersey police officer during a traffic stop following a burglary. His mother smoked about as often as mine did, which was never. Im gonna kick your pansy ass!, While I was hardly a shrinking violet physically, Yo was some three inches taller and twenty-five pounds heavier than I was. I used Simon as the basis for the character of Ronnie Sludgeman Simmons in my novel The Blue Route. Ippolito "Lee . Its a shame that there arent more like him. "Prison is a violent place," he said. In that time the two were together, Simon couldn't get a job, ran out of unemployment benefits and was otherwise having no luck at acclimating to life beyond bars, according to Staples' letter. Do you still like flowers?Good writing! Maybe he wants to be a fuckin landscaper and hes studying on it. Ambrose Harris, 68, died Tuesday at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, the state Department of Corrections said. Simon was . Simon was convicted in 1974 for killing his girlfriend after she refused to cooperate in her gang rape by Simon's friends and . Yo-Yo glared at me, baring his teeth. Bobby Simon was seated on top of the horizontal ice cream freezer. I socialized and did business with quite a few individuals that most people wouldnt want to know. If you Google the words Robert Mudman Simon or type them into the archives of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, links to hundreds of articles magically appear. 7-year-old baseball umpire seeks Guinness World Record. Stopping to help, he finds that the driver, Michael Ballard, is aliveand drenched in blood. Shit., Yo, pointing at me, said, Im gonna kick his ass. It was believed they were picked-up in the Warlocks' trolling ground, the old MacDade Mall, but were killed when they refused to participate in the gang's "initiation rites". Having a reputation to protect, he shot her in the forehead and dumped her body in a water-filled abandoned strip mine. One of the three got popped for a coffee and donuts bit and gave them that story to get him off the hook. Pennsylvanias parole board chairman, Allen Castor, on Thursday called Simons release ``incomprehensible. He said the Warlock walked free under a state law that requires approval from two of the five parole board members or a board member and a hearing examiner. 6 years later, one of the 3 guys got picked up on a coffe and donuts but and offered up the location of her body in return for being let go. We are men 1st and formost. The Warlocks Motorcycle Club is a one-percenter outlaw motorcycle club that was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1965. Martini watched as a fellow death-row inmate, Ambrose Harris, fatally beat Simon, stomping his head so hard he crushed Simon's skull. And he might be sipping his dinner through straws for a while. Clipped by. But he froze suddenly, looking behind me. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Two busy shopping centers. [7] Simon was also suspected of murdering an inmate at State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh during his incarceration period. He slid off the ice cream freezer, sauntering over to me. A Jewish cemetery. Simon and Staples were then taken into police custody. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey pulled over Warlocks members Robert "Mudman" Simon and Charles "Shovel" Staples on a traffic stop moments after the two had committed a commercial burglary. July 27, 2008. Sometimes not. Mr. Carr loved Trixie; a few white lies never hurt anyone. Some examples of OMC related FB pages: The Warlocks MC NY Facebook page has 907 followers. [3] Additionally, Simon was placed into juvenile detention on at least two separate occasions.[4]. They are active throughout the Delaware Valley, including South Jersey and Wilmington, with Delco and Philly being their main stomping grounds. The Mudman Cometh Simon and Staples, both members of the Warlocks A lock ( Warlocks Book The Warlocks get a mention in the bookBiker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime by Thomas Barker. Mr. Carr said, You boys arent fighting, are you?, No, Mr. Carr, I assured him as I stood, dusting myself off. When the authorities caught up with him about seven years later, he was living under an alias, apparently an upstanding citizen with a wife and several children in the Midwest. Who was I going to call? The Mudman virtually shoved me out the door. Robert "Mudman" Simon was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Franklin Township police Sgt. My affection for The Waltons was inexplicable on the surface; the shows setting and characters were even more alien to me than those of another childhood favorite, Star Trek. Four years later, he was stomped to death by an inmate . Tell you what, he added, slapping me on the back. People rarely got very far once Mudman Simon stepped into their path. Id forgotten about them. However, he was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. The victim, suspect and three witnesses were all convicted murderers. 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.". While examining Simon's Social Security Card and Staples' driver's license, he requested for backup on his police radio. Gonzalez's radio request for backup. We use people. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Simon, a motorcycle-gang member who was one of . If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. With a bit more hair and a little less ink, these might have been the limbs of a lowland gorilla. JayClark 28 Feb 2016. A brief, ill-advised interest in botany led, thorough a curious combination of circumstances, to my initial encounter with The Mudman. Even by Warlock standards, Simon was a piece of work. Pattis letter reminded me about the Warlock MC gang. Ippolito Gonzalez, 40 (Franklin Township police) Method of murder:. I considered siccing Trixie on him, but the poodle was busy taking a leak on some of those troublesome flowers. Neither the judge in Simons murder case, John Lavelle, nor a trooper who knew him years ago expressed surprise. Shit, who aint? On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. A man who raped and killed a Pennsylvania artist and who fatally beat a fellow inmate on New Jerseys death row has died in prison. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. We love ridin our motorcycles fast and hangin with our brothers.Touch one ya touched us all They have 3,158 followers and had a food drive in November and a Harvest Party in October. The latter, a vice president for the Warlocks' South Jersey chapter, picked him up from prison and put him up in a mobile home community in Williamstown; a stipulation of Simon's parole was that he needed an address in New Jersey. As claimed by Mihalick, they both had been unaware of Simon's homicidal history as he misled them to believing he was just a reformed drug dealer. Defendant Robert Simon was permitted to play a cat-and-mouse game with the court that undermined the court's independent obligation to determine if the plea was voluntary. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Hogan said Warlocks activity in Franklin Township was a major issue during his tenure as police chief. While on death row, Simon was stomped to death by Ambrose Harris. Robert Ronald "Mudman" Simon (September 4, 1954 September 7, 1999), also known as Bobby Simon, was an American outlaw biker, convicted murderer and member of the Pennsylvania-based Warlocks Motorcycle Club. Harris life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. I grew up in a Philadelphia suburb that wasnt really a suburb but more an extension of the city, filled with city people and imbued with city attitudes. ", Woman wins $100,000 lottery prize 11 hours after $11,000 casino jackpot. Something Sand saw, or at least thought had increased after the shooting, was more than one officer responding to a motor vehicle stop. My mom? A firestorm of controversy swirled around the parole. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey pulled over Warlocks members Robert "Mudman" Simon and Charles "Shovel" Staples on a traffic stop moments after the two had committed a commercial burglary. The Mudman was beefy, scraggly-bearded and ponytailed, with an ever-present smile and small, deep-set blue eyes with a lunatic gleam. Get lost.. [22][23], Franklin Township police sergeant Ippolito Gonzalez died the following day via the gunshot wounds sustained from the incident. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. 2d 615 (E.D. Dealing with structured environments was never Simons forte. The most highly publicized case heard in Lavelle's courtroom was the 1982 trial of Robert "Mudman" Simon, a founding member of the Philadelphia-based Warlocks motorcycle gang. Tattoos decorated both of Muds massive arms. Simon later said he shot Sergeant Gonzalez because he did . He killed another inmate in prison but was acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. He murdered his girlfriend in 1974 and was released on parole in 1995. Yo appeared rather impatient and irritated. By most accounts, Simon was a career criminal. Creatures made of animated mud or ooze by magical arts were first introduced into popular culture by several types of board games, mainly from the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. After serving 12 1/2 years of a 10- to 20-year sentence for murder, he went free in February and settled in Williamstown with the New Jersey parole boards approval. His release from the Pennsylvania corrections system _ straight to the Williamstown, N.J., enclave of his gang, the Warlocks _ has angered authorities in both states. English. Petitioner, Dr. Robert Simon, M.D., P.A. He was described as a sociopathic monster, as profoundly evil, as the antichrist. Previous page. He may have redeemed himself, or possibly was just playing it smart to avoid capture, but either, I bet, was of little solace to his victim's loved ones.. A jury acquitted Harris of Simons death, saying he acted in self-defense. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Ambrose Harris and Robert "Mudman" Simon lived in side-by-side cells at the capital sentence unit of New Jersey State Prison. That was in 1999, 18 years after being convicted of murder, four years after murdering Gonzalez. The Waltons was largely based on the childhood memories and experiences of the shows creator, novelist Earl Hamner, who grew up in a place very much like Waltons Mountain. Mudman, many felt, received a lethal Bollingen Prize of poetic justice. For some reason, I always got along just fine with people that were deranged and dangerous. There were a lot of good hard-working people in the neighborhood, with collars both blue and white. March 2 (UPI) -- A Maryland woman scored a $100,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket less than 12 hours after she scored an $11,000 jackpot at a casino. As Simon was let out of his cell so it could be fumigated, he tried to tackle Harris in a recreation cage, sources said. The governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey were dragged into the finger-pointing, buck passing and heated debate that fueled outraged newspaper editorials and filled airtime on TV and radio. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. In the wake of the shooting, Dalton later co-sponsored legislation that tightened rules surrounding parolees and their eligibility, notification requirements and increasing communication between states. Officials did not release a cause of death. After they arrived, Bobby and the guy stepped out to grab some party goods for the night, making the mistake of leaving her alone with the mountain chapter. The mud-man first appeared . Take it easy, boss. While on death row, Harris punched, kicked and stomped to death a fellow death row inmate, Robert "Mudman" Simon, who had been convicted of killing Franklin Township police Sgt. Mr. Simon pleaded guilty last October to capital murder in the shooting death of Sgt. Officials did not release a cause of death. [13] Furthermore, Simon's trailer home residence was only a few feet from a bar known to be frequented by Warlocks bikers. The jury of five men and seven women had deliberated 11 hours over two days before returning the verdict. On May 6, 1995 Police Sgt. Of course, none of us wants to go to prison and therefore avoid illegal activities like burglary and murder. There are other OMC FB pages, which just seems crazy to me because nothing seems less OMC than FB, except maybe Christmas or quilting. Earl Hamner had the gentle folk of the Blue Ridge. A Pennsylvania State Trooper, heading home from work, witnesses a car speeding and crashing into trees. He was known to be a bit touched in the head, and not by an angel. I guess they want to make sure they get the details right, wouldnt want any misinformation, or fake news, out there about your motorcycle gang. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. 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 . Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook. Yo-Yo rolled around on the sidewalk, moaning and crying, his face bloody and already beginning to swell. What most people dont know or chose not to believe is that Bobby didnt kill that girl. 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. Yo-Yo was a hulking whackjob with a blond crewcut and biceps like Mr. Universe after a full tray of steroids and a long day at the gym. [11][12], Simon subsequently received a 10-to-20 year sentence for the homicide and was initially housed at State Correctional Institution Graterford, but later transferred. Simon, 43, and another Warlocks member are charged with killing Franklin Township police Sgt. 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. 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. Just curious. People like Simon were feared for good reason. Family and community. 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. Go screw a squirrel or something. A request to interview Staples at South Woods State Prison, in Bridgeton where he is being held, was declined by the state Department of Corrections and a set of questions mailed to him was not answered. Therefore, the final execution to take place at the prison was a January 22, 1963 electrocution. Former Franklin Township police Sgt. ", More: 'They shot Lee!' Simon, grinning, said: Now Yo-Yo got a pain in both of his yos. He was acquitted. The major difference being that when things soured, Simon would literally shoot you in the head rather than figuratively stab you in the back. Harris life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. Bobby helped them discard her body because thats what bros do. The Warlocks menaced the state of Pennsylvania during the 1970s, and Simon was often described as an ill-tempered and especially dangerous member by those who knew and encountered him. Firefighters hoist horse stranded in backyard swimming pool. But John Cunningham, vice-president of the corrections officers' union, said guards could not react immediately because the rules prevented them from entering the caged recreation area without riot gear. He was cracking his knuckles. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. Div . He was an eyewitness to the 1999 slaying of Robert "Mudman" Simon, a Warlocks gang member convicted of killing a Franklin Township police officer. 'I was told if I said anything, they would kill me,' he said. Publication date. Robert (Mudman) Simon, who had a reputation for taunting fellow inmates at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, apparently singled out Ambrose (Squirt Boy) Harris as his next target. The cops? Harris' life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. As a condition of his parole, Simon was ordered to have no contact with Warlocks members. The only thing Bobby was guilty of was helping them to dispose of the body. I just read the Waltons very poignant very real! 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. Retired Trenton Deputy Police Chief Joe Constance, who led the team of detectives on the Huggins case, told NJ Advance Media Wednesday that Harris was the most evil person Ive encountered in the 32 years I was on the job.. Novelists generally dont have the luxury of making moral judgments, although possibly our moral judgments lie in what happens to characters in the final chapter. The property was owned by Marianne Mihalick, who lived with her daughter right across from Simon's trailer home at 3944 South Black Horse Pike. [17], Simon was paroled in February 1995, having served a total of 12-and-a-half-years of prison time. Gonzalez was fatally shot on May 6, 1995 by Robert "Mudman" Simon, who was beaten to death in prison in 1999. Loved the look on the sociopath and real story of his death. Simon, a member of the Warlocks bikers' gang, was the first to die on death row since New Jersey readopted capital punishment in 1982. OUT OF CONTROLJune 26, 2010. Suspiciously, it is known that one of the club's members began to make arrangements for Simon's living arrangements even before Simon's parole was approved. While on Death Row, Harris attacked and killed another Death Row inmate, Robert "Mudman" Simon, a beefy, scraggly long-haired and long-bearded 48-year-old outlaw biker, with several previous murder convictions. 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. [2], Robert Ronald Simon was born on September 4, 1951, in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 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. Bobby Simon should have been a high school senior. After that, paroles, like commutations, declined dramatically. 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. [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. So strong was Robert "Mudman" Simon's influence at the Graterford state prison that he was able to run a drug ring from behind bars, according to a cell block neighbor.