The killing occurred 11 weeks after Simon's release from Graterford. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Brown said the going price was $300. Ippolito Gonzalez of the Franklin . Bobby and the boyfriend stepped out to grab some beer and the three perverts he left her with killed her. 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. I was perusing a field guide to American flora, attempting to determine which wildflowers were which. Fellow officers rushed to the scene a few hundred feet shy of police headquarters. He said it was Bobby and when Bobby went to court, he took the hit because he wasnt going to tell them who really did it, cause thats what bros did for one another. I diduntil Yo-Yo tore it up and tossed the pieces on the ground. 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". 404 pages. A Pennsylvania State Trooper, heading home from work, witnesses a car speeding and crashing into trees. He moved toward me once again. to go to prison and therefore avoid illegal activities like burglary and murder. Get up and fight, flower girl!, I was rescued by the timely arrival of a neighbor, Mr. Carr, walking his poodle Trixie. Gonzalez's radio request for backup. He reads flower books!. At one point, he turned around and glared at me in the nearly empty courtroom, even though he didn't know me from Adam. I felt like a paratrooper that had left his chute behind in the plane and was now doggie paddling three thousand feet above sea level. [3] Additionally, Simon was placed into juvenile detention on at least two separate occasions.[4]. Respondent, Progressive Express Insurance Company ("Progressive"), is the Defendant in the trial court and the Appellee in the District Court of Appeal. Inmate hopes for freedom were now nearly dashed . Your story is one of the few that actually reflects part of Bobbys real personality. 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. Officials did not release a cause of death. Your email address will not be published. Harris was sentenced to death and sent to prison in 1994 for kidnapping, raping and killing 22-year-old Kristin Huggins. Simon shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died instantly. . 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]. On may 6, 1995 police sgt. I was in sixth grade. [15] Despite this, he was classified as merely a "low risk" on parole assessment documents. Simon was . Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. #26. Simon, a motorcycle-gang member who was one of . Yo-Yo did catch up with me later. He was suspected of involvement in several other murders. In 1999 death row inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, who was convicted of killing a police officer, died during a fight. [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. Jonathan Brown told the state Senate Judiciary Committee he saw Simon pay prison staffers to remove reports of misconduct and failed drug tests from his file, allowing him to qualify for parole. He was unpredictable. But he might knock my teeth out. Stopping to help, he finds that the driver, Michael Ballard, is aliveand drenched in blood. All the broads loved him! Clipped by. 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. A Jewish cemetery. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. [2], Robert Ronald Simon was born on September 4, 1951, in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. A number of others that crossed paths with cheerful sociopath Robert F. Simon werent quite so fortunate. He was convicted of brutally murdering his girlfriend in a room atop the Darby garage of a fellow Warlock whose testimony about Nauss proudly showing him her body, secured Nauss's conviction even though her body was never found. There were rumors of money changing hands, of intimidation. "Robert Simon being released from jail just never should have happened," said Steve Sand, former Gloucester County assistant prosecutor who tried the two in court. One of the most infamous Warlocks is Robert "Mudman" Simon, who gained national attention in May for shooting a South Jersey policeman 11 weeks after Simon's parole on a murder charge. "I think Robert Simon would rather have died on the floor fighting than take his lethal injection," said John Call, his former lawyer. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. Such is the life of the 1%. 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. Neither the judge in Simons murder case, John Lavelle, nor a trooper who knew him years ago expressed surprise. In a hand-written letter dated March 17, Staples called the shooting "tragic.". Weeks after being freed on parole, he killed the policeman. "As with any criminal enterprise, it's something we're mindful of.". I gave it a few minutes, and then looked out the window. 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.. "The problem Franklin Township always had was officers didn't have much backup on the streets," Hogan said of the 56 square miles of coverage area. As an example of Simons extreme behavior, Davis cited the gang members reaction when he learned Dusenbergs body had been mummified in the mine where she was buried: He talked about having sex with the corpse and wanted to decorate his cell with blowups of the evidence pictures. Language. Simon, originally from Darby and believed to be one of the founders of the Warlocks, had been released from prison after serving more than 12 years for the shooting murder of his young girlfriend after . Apparently he had unsuccessfully attempted to return some items for which he lacked, unsurprisingly, a receipt. When I was a kid one of my favorite TV shows was, peculiarly, The Waltons, the syrupy saga of a large, loving family struggling through the Depression years in rural Virginia. 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. Mudmans mea culpa: Guess I overreacted again, huh?. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. Brown was among five Pennsylvania inmates expected to testify at the hearing in Harrisburg. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Franklin Township Police Sgt. Following a lengthy series of felonies and several prison stints, Mudman Simon was convicted of murdering a local girl who had disrespected him at a party. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. Then theres the One Percenter Bikers, official FB page of the www.OnePercenterBikers.com, with over 20,000 followers. 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 . They were being held on $2 million bail. Simon was paroled despite the assessment of his trial judge, Carbon County Judge John Lavelle, who described Simon as 'one of the most dangerous individuals' who ever appeared before him and said 'it would only be a matter of time before (Simon) would kill again. There are other OMC FB pages, which just seems crazy to me because nothing seems less OMC than FB, except maybe Christmas or quilting. Michael Dimauro, also of Delaware County, allegedly shot David Rossillo in the cemetery, then disposed of his body in an underground crypt after tying a . 7-year-old baseball umpire seeks Guinness World Record. A jury acquitted Harris of Simons death, saying he acted in self-defense. March 2 (UPI) -- A Minnesota police officer came to the rescue of a raccoon he spotted running around with a jar stuck over its head. Simon and the driver of the car, defendant Charles "Shovel" Staples, are members of the "Warlocks" motorcycle gang . YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. However, he was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. March 3 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old Louisiana boy with a firm grasp of baseball rules is seeking a Guinness World Record as the world's youngest umpire. [7] Simon was also suspected of murdering an inmate at State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh during his incarceration period. I turned around. 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. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artist and recent Temple University graduate was painting a community mural in Trenton in 1992. Its a shame that there arent more like him. 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. It wasnt the wall. Harris' life was spared when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. Although the club was predominately based within their founding location of Philadelphia as well as other parts of Pennsylvania, they also maintained a chapter within New Jersey. 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. 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 . Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Police officers recount night of fatal shooting in 10th anniversary column. 'Mr. Ippolito "Lee . I was in an all-purpose neighborhood deli-grocery store-butcher shop operation of the sort rarely seen anymore. "Prison is a violent place," he said. And the local child molester had recently been dragged out of the creek, beaten half to death by unknown assailants. He was there when Harris murdered Mudman . Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez, 'They shot Lee!' A brief, ill-advised interest in botany led, thorough a curious combination of circumstances, to my initial encounter with The Mudman. Gonzalez was fatally shot on May 6, 1995 by Robert "Mudman" Simon, who was beaten to death in prison in 1999. Simon stated that he shot Gonzalez because he didnt want to go back the prison. Even by Warlock standards, Simon was a piece of work. In 1995, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole paroled Warlocks bike gang member Robert "Mudman" Simon, disregarding strong warnings from the judge who convicted him. Prison officers were reported to have taken at least five minutes to intervene in the fight. New Jersey parole officials allowed Simon to move to Williamstown because they thought Warlocks were virtually nonexistent. While in prison, authorities said Harris viciously beat inmate Robert Mudman Simon, 48, to death in a recreation area in 1999. According to police informants, her body was buried in Tinicum Marsh. Gloucester County Clerk James Hogan, who was chief of police in Franklin Township from 1976 to 1988, was a state parole board member before retiring in 1994. 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. The mud-man first appeared . You could hear something break. 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. 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. 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. Maybe he wants to be a fuckin landscaper and hes studying on it. He shoved me hard, knocking me onto the grass. He was ill-tempered and dangerous. ", Woman wins $100,000 lottery prize 11 hours after $11,000 casino jackpot. 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.. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey pulled over Warlocks members Robert "Mudman" Simon and Charles Staples on a traffic stop moments after the two had committed a commercial burglary. 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. Other lasting effects, real or perceived, still resonate to those who were there and helped bring about justice. He fell and hit his head on a metal table. As a condition of his parole, Simon was ordered to have no contact with Warlocks members. The Warlocks MC, another 1% club, was founded in 1967 right here in Philadelphia. Print length. Go screw a squirrel or something. Robert "Mudman" Simon. As Simon was let out of his cell so it could be fumigated, he tried to tackle Harris in a recreation cage, sources said. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A.K.A. "This was a tragic loss. 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. Mudman said that he had killed the cop because he didnt want to go back to prison. In fiction and in life, people do what they do. What most people dont know or chose not to believe is that Bobby didnt kill that girl. [13] Furthermore, Simon's trailer home residence was only a few feet from a bar known to be frequented by Warlocks bikers. What are you doing, anyway? July 27, 2008. His lawyers argued self defense, and a jury acquitted him. 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. The Mud Man is an enemy in the Castlevania series. Due to a lack of communication between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he recalled a lack of awareness regarding Simon's arrival to a Gloucester County address. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. According to their mission statement: We aren't here to pick sides, it is the stories that we find the most interesting. You didnt know what hed do from one day to the next.. They resembled small rose petals in the wind. 11 weeks after receiving parole he murdered a police officer and received the death sentence. You bother my cousin here again, doofus, Im gonna throw your sorry ass in front of a trolley, get it?, Simon winked at me. There were also large center hall stone homes with Lincolns, Cadillacs and Mercedes in the driveways, with colorful gardens and in-ground pools. I used Simon as the basis for the character of Ronnie Sludgeman Simmons in my novel The Blue Route. [16], After a total three parole rejections, Simon was recommended for parole in November 1994 by a PBPP hearing examiner under the conditioned that he abstain from alcohol and avoid contact with the Warlocks Motorcycle Club. Previous page. 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. [7][3], On May 6, 1995, Robert Simon along with the vice president of the Warlocks' South Jersey chapter, Charles "Shovel" Staples, were both sitting in a car in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey when they were pulled over by 15-year Franklin Township police veteran Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez as part of a routine traffic stop. It just happened that I grew up three blocks from him; we moved in the same circles, such as they were. But even superstars have the odd off day, suffer the career-ending injury. It was something forced upon him from being through the system as he was. Mr. Simon pleaded guilty last October to capital murder in the shooting death of Sgt. Mud tossed Yo-Yo to the ground as if he was a Raggedy Andy doll, and then applied a steel-toed boot to his groin. One Warlock, Robert "Mudman" Simon, was convicted in 1981 of killing a Carbon County woman. 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.. He killed another inmate in prison but was acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. The Mudman lived there too. Simon was a motorcycle gang member who was sentenced to death . [24] A firearms expert would later testify that the weapon found near Simon when during his apprehension was the same one used to kill Gonzalez. A man who raped and killed a Pennsylvania artist and who . But things arent always written in simplistic black and white, in the harsh neon of a single dimension. What the fuck are you doing? he demanded. Simon . 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. 'If even only half of it is true, Graterford is in sad shape in terms of its management and lack of professional responsibility.' I been eyeballing you, pal, the raspy-voiced Mud said. Simon pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to death row following the 1996 trial in Hunterdon County. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Shit., Yo, pointing at me, said, Im gonna kick his ass. Mudman met Squirt Boy on death row. With the permission of the parole and prison authorities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Mr. Simon had relocated to Something Sand saw, or at least thought had increased after the shooting, was more than one officer responding to a motor vehicle stop. This case tragically arose on the night of May 6, 1995 when Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez, a Franklin Township, NJ police officer, was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop by one Robert "Mudman" Simon, a longtime member of the "Warlocks" motorcycle gang and a recent parolee from the Pennsylvania prison system. Get lost.. His criminal wrongdoings reportedly began as early as age 8. "I have to do 31 years, four months and 19 days before becoming eligible for parole on Oct. 26, 2026. They have to have some nice side to appeal to people. "The most dangerous time for police officers is the beginning and end of their shift.". Throughout his youth, Simon was a member of an Upper Darby street gang known as the Warlords. After refusing to abide the warning, the officer shot Simon in the leg which caused him to flip over the guardrail and surrender to the authorities thereafter. Was he? Reads flower books? Beautifully maintained parks and athletic fields. ', Suspected burglar inside New Brunswick home was a panicked deer. 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. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez. A jury acquitted Harris of Simon's death, saying he acted in self-defense. Officials did not release a cause of death. There were a lot of good hard-working people in the neighborhood, with collars both blue and white. Ambrose Harris, 68, died Tuesday at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, the state Department of Corrections said. Sludge Simmons has a fateful encounter with a 300,000-pound locomotive.A price is paid, as it should be. People like Simon were feared for good reason. OUT OF CONTROLJune 26, 2010. Overdue book returned to Massachusetts library after 56 years. A firestorm of controversy swirled around the parole. Loved the look on the sociopath and real story of his death. Gloria Lynne Dunn. I was even luckier, I suppose, ultimately spending a great deal more time in close proximity to Simon than Yo did. The major difference being that when things soured, Simon would literally shoot you in the head rather than figuratively stab you in the back. Sometimes not. New Jerseys Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold hearings on the issue, and Gov. Hed only been out three months so I can see why he wouldnt want to go back to prison. He didnt get very far. I stepped around poor Yo-Yo and quickly got the hell out of there myself. The trial court "failed to put these matters to rest," and failed to "deal with these ambiguities" in Simon's answers. Your email address will not be published. The reporters were much better off remaining at a safe distance, like visitors to the lions den at the Philadelphia Zoo.
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